Vaccines for Votes: A case study examining the provincial disparities in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Turkey
(2021) STVK12 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- How do governments allocate scarce resources in the face of political survival? Do they allocate according to social equity or welfare criteria, or do political concerns play a role? Over the course of three decades, the literature on distributive politics documented numerous cases where governments distributed goods and services strategically for electoral gains. By building on the theories of distributive politics, this thesis aims to investigate provincial disparities in Covid-19 vaccine distribution in Turkey. The investigation is undertaken in the context of Turkey, as competitive authoritarian regimes are argued to be more prone to politicize the allocation of public resources. To this end, this paper presents a single-case study and... (More)
- How do governments allocate scarce resources in the face of political survival? Do they allocate according to social equity or welfare criteria, or do political concerns play a role? Over the course of three decades, the literature on distributive politics documented numerous cases where governments distributed goods and services strategically for electoral gains. By building on the theories of distributive politics, this thesis aims to investigate provincial disparities in Covid-19 vaccine distribution in Turkey. The investigation is undertaken in the context of Turkey, as competitive authoritarian regimes are argued to be more prone to politicize the allocation of public resources. To this end, this paper presents a single-case study and constructs a novel quantitative data set based on secondary data. Using OLS regressions, results show that even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, electoral concerns remain relevant predictors of the allocation of Covid-19 vaccines. In particular, while swing districts receive more vaccines, provinces with higher Kurdish populations receive fewer. (Less)
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- author
- Sirin, John Bahadir LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK12 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Distributive Politics, Covid-19, Vaccines, Turkey, Elections
- language
- English
- id
- 9062994
- date added to LUP
- 2022-02-02 15:00:07
- date last changed
- 2022-02-02 15:00:07
@misc{9062994, abstract = {{How do governments allocate scarce resources in the face of political survival? Do they allocate according to social equity or welfare criteria, or do political concerns play a role? Over the course of three decades, the literature on distributive politics documented numerous cases where governments distributed goods and services strategically for electoral gains. By building on the theories of distributive politics, this thesis aims to investigate provincial disparities in Covid-19 vaccine distribution in Turkey. The investigation is undertaken in the context of Turkey, as competitive authoritarian regimes are argued to be more prone to politicize the allocation of public resources. To this end, this paper presents a single-case study and constructs a novel quantitative data set based on secondary data. Using OLS regressions, results show that even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, electoral concerns remain relevant predictors of the allocation of Covid-19 vaccines. In particular, while swing districts receive more vaccines, provinces with higher Kurdish populations receive fewer.}}, author = {{Sirin, John Bahadir}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Vaccines for Votes: A case study examining the provincial disparities in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Turkey}}, year = {{2021}}, }