Talk:
\n\u201cHow Voters Respond to Executive Aggrandizement: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey\u201d<\/p>\n
by
\nAlper H. Ya\u011fc\u0131
\nAssistant Professor
\nDepartment of Political Science and International Relations
\nBogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
\nalper.yagci@boun.edu.tr<\/p>\n
Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
***This is an online event. To obtain Zoom link and password, please contact to the department.<\/p>\n
Contact Info:
\npols@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p>\n
Abstract:
\nWhy do voters support executive aggrandizement? One possible answer is that they do so because they think this will ease their preferred leader\u2019s hand in putting their partisan vision into action, provided that the leader will continue winning elections. We study this phenomenon through a survey experiment in Turkey, by manipulating voters\u2019 perceptions about the potential results of the first presidential election after a constitutional referendum of executive aggrandizement. We find that voters from both sides display what we call \u201celastic support\u201d for executive aggrandizement; i.e. they change previously revealed constitutional preferences in response to varying winning chances of their preferred candidate. This elasticity increases not only when citizens feel greater social distance to perceived political \u201cothers\u201d (i.e. affective polarization), but also when voters are concerned about economic management in a potential post-incumbent era. Our findings contribute to the literature on how polarization and economic anxiety contribute to executive aggrandizement and democratic backsliding.<\/p>\n
Short Bio:
\nAlper Ya\u011fc\u0131 received his PhD from the UMass Amherst, and he currently teaches at Bogazici University. He studies political behavior, institutions and political economy. His research has been published at Party Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, Electoral Politics, New Political Economy, Government and Opposition, Mediterranean Politics, Turkish Politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Talk: \u201cHow Voters Respond to Executive Aggrandizement: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey\u201d by Alper H. Ya\u011fc\u0131 Assistant Professor Department of Political Science and International Relations Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey alper.yagci@boun.edu.tr Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 12:30 p.m. ***This is an online event. To obtain Zoom link and password, please [\u2026] <\/p>\n