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ArticlePublication Metadata only The political economy of coups d’etat: a general survey and a local theory for Turkey(Taylor & Francis, 2018) Yağcı, Alper H.; International Relations; YAĞCI, AlperThis article surveys the political economy of coups in Turkey, examining both their economic causes and the economic consequences they seem to generate. It reminds that whether coups had a negative causal effect on Turkish economic growth remains to be compellingly shown. It highlights that military intervention attempts tend to follow already troublesome economic times: Before the 1960 and 1980 coups, 1971 and 2007 memoranda, as well as the failed coup attempts in 1962 and 2016, economic growth slowed down compared to a previous five-year period. This is in line with global trends about coups becoming likely following slower economic growth. Furthermore, students of Turkish politics have noticed a more specific economic policy-making pattern centering on currency devaluation during episodes preceding coups. This article discusses whether such a pattern may be taken as a ‘local theory’ of Turkish coups while discussing its limitations.ArticlePublication Metadata only Policy knowledge, collective action and advocacy coalitions: regulating GMOs in Turkey(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-03) Yağcı, Alper H.; International Relations; YAĞCI, AlperTurkey's biosafety regulations allow genetically modified food to be imported from abroad while prohibiting cultivation in Turkey - a puzzling regime that discriminates against domestic production. This article demonstrates that the making of the regime was the result of competition between two advocacy coalitions trying to recruit influential members and increase their leverage on the decision-making process. In the advocacy coalition framework, underlying the preferences of actors there are complex belief systems which are formed in a context of bounded rationality and significant information costs. This article highlights the importance of mechanisms of differential access to information: information is more readily available to corporate groups which can act in concert by solving collective action problems. Large groups with many small members are at a disadvantage in doing so due to collective action dynamics, and consequently they may adopt the position of rational ignorance rather than active engagement with the policy process.ArticlePublication Metadata only Status quo conservatism, placation, or partisan division? Analysing citizen attitudes towards financial reform in the United States(Taylor & Francis, 2019-05-04) Young, K. L.; Yağcı, Alper H.; International Relations; YAĞCI, AlperWithin the literature on financial governance a key question is why the 2008 financial crisis did not elicit a stronger regulatory reaction than it did - the 'post-crisis stasis' puzzle. We explore a neglected dimension of this puzzle: public attitudes toward financial regulation. Using a variety of survey data of the US public we find that there was persistent support for stronger financial regulation following the crisis, even support for radical reform in some instances, and support continued even after regulatory reform had been enacted. Despite such general sentiment, however, at nearly every stage public attitudes were highly conditional on partisan affiliation - a hugely consequential detail that meant that demand for reform was not channelled into more stringent policy but rather into a highly partisan, status quo protecting political machinery. Our analysis challenges notions of US public attitudes as either conservative in orientation or placated through modest reform, but also highlights the importance of domestic political constraints in shaping financial reform options despite majoritarian support for more robust reform.