Selim Erdem Aytaç

Overview

Selim Erdem Aytaç is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of International Relations at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University.

His lie in political behavior with a focus on electoral accountability and political participation. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, and Comparative Political Studies, among others. Prof. Aytaç is the co-author (with Susan Stokes) of Why Bother? Rethinking Participations in Elections and Protests (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Recent and Select Publications

Aytaç, Selim Erdem. (2021). Effectiveness of Incumbent’s Strategic Communication during Economic Crisis under Electoral Authoritarianism: Evidence from Turkey. American Political Science Review 115(4): 1517-1523

Aytaç, S. Erdem, Eli Rau, and Susan Stokes. (2020). Beyond Opportunity Costs: Campaign Messages, Anger, and Turnout among the Unemployed. British Journal of Political Science 50(4): 1325-1339.

Aytaç, Selim Erdem. (2020). Do Voters Respond to Relative Economic Performance? Evidence from Survey Experiments. Public Opinion Quarterly 84(2): 493-507.

Aytaç, S. Erdem, and Susan Stokes. (2019). Why Bother? Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests. New York: Cambridge University Press (Studies in Comparative Politics).

Aytaç, Selim Erdem. (2018). Relative Economic Performance and the Incumbent Vote: A Reference Point Theory. Journal of Politics 80(1): 16-29

Main sub-Fields: Political

Research areas

Electoral Accountability , Political Participation , Political Behavior , Polarization , Behavior Comparative Politics , Democratic Backsliding , Democratic Attitudes

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