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Policy knowledge, collective action and advocacy coalitions: regulating GMOs in Turkey

Title	Policy knowledge, collective action and advocacy coalitions: regulating GMOs in Turkey
Author	Yağcı, Alper H.
Publication Date:	2019-06-03
Publication Place	- Taylor & Francis
Subject	Advocacy coalitions, Collective action, Environmental politics, GMOs, Turkey, Public policy
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1350-1763
Record ID	79e86269-1147-480b-ad8e-223c7e2ba458
Library Location	International Relations
Date	2019-06-03
Notes	National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sample Text	Turkey'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.
DOI	10.1080/13501763.2018.1509884
Cilt	26

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Policy knowledge, collective action and advocacy coalitions: regulating GMOs in Turkey

Author Yağcı, Alper H.

Publication Date 2019-06-03

Publication Place - Taylor & Francis

Subject Advocacy coalitions, Collective action, Environmental politics, GMOs, Turkey, Public policy

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1350-1763

Record ID 79e86269-1147-480b-ad8e-223c7e2ba458

Library Location International Relations

Date 2019-06-03

Notes National Science Foundation (NSF)

Sample Text Turkey'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.

DOI 10.1080/13501763.2018.1509884

Cilt 26