1st Edition

Political Psychology of Turkish Political Behavior

Edited By Cengiz Erisen Copyright 2015
196 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

The primary motivation for this book is to focus on something crucial that is missing in Turkish political science: well-founded theories on the Turkish voter and empiricism in scholarly research. Given the absence of such theories, one could ask what then the best model is for explaining a Turkish citizen’s vote choice and political behaviour, and what schools of thought Turkish political... Read more

1. The Political Psychology of Turkish Political Behavior: Introduction by the Special Issue Editor 2. Research Methods in Political Psychology Cengíz Eríşen, Elíf Eríşen and Bínnur 3. Values, Religiosity and Support for Redistribution and Social Policy in Turkey 4. The Impact of Party Identification and Socially Supplied Disagreement on Electoral Choices in Turkey 5. Analyzing the Determinants of Group Identity Among Alevis in Turkey: A National Survey Study 6. Ethnicity and Trust in National and International Institutions: Kurdish Attitudes toward Political Institutions in Turkey 7. Emotions as a Determinant in Turkish Political Behavior 8. Leadership Traits of Turkey’s Islamist and Secular Prime Ministers 9. Public Opinion toward Immigration and the EU: How are Turkish Immigrants Different than Others?

Biography

Cengiz Erisen (PhD, Stony Brook University) is an associate professor of political science at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. His research interests include comparative political behaviour, political psychology, public opinion analysis, and quantitative methods. He has published papers in Political Psychology, Journal of Common Market Studies, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, and Turkish Politics in addition to a number of book chapters.