Dr. Michael Wuthrich

Associate Professor of Political Science
Associate Director of the Center for Global & International Studies

Associate Professor

Contact Info

f409w960@ku.edu

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Biography —

Mike Wuthrich is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Associate Director for Global & International Studies. He received his PhD in Political Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey in 2011. His interests are Middle East politics, particularly Turkish, Kurdish, and Iranian politics, parties and party systems, electoral behavior, religion and politics, women and politics in Turkey, and nationalism. His publications have appeared in Journal of Democracy, Political Research Quarterly, Parliamentary Affairs, the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Middle East Journal, and Turkish Studies among others. He is co-author of the book, Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa, with Indiana University Press in 2022. His book, National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System was published in 2015 with Syracuse University Press.

Research —

Electoral politics, contentious politics, and public opinion in the Middle East and North Africa in general with particular expertise in Turkey; Comparative Politics, particularly political parties, party systems, voting behavior, and also the points of interaction between religion, nationalism and politics.

Selected Publications —

Wuthrich, M., Wuthrich, M. (2023). District Variation in Party System Competition and Women's Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems. Parliamentary Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsad009.

Wuthrich, F., Ingleby, M. (2020). Polarizing Populism versus 'Radical Love': Lessons from Turkey. Journal of Democracy - Issue 2 | Volume 31.

Ciftci, S., Wuthrich, M., Shamaileh, A. (2019). Islam, Religious Identities, and Support for Democracy. Political Research Quarterly - Issue 2 | Volume 72.

Wuthrich, M. (2018). Changing media, party campaign strategies and the politics of Turkish elections in comparative perspective. Party Politics in Turkey. Routledge. [9781138207547].

Wuthrich, F., Tugdar, E., Al, S. (2018). Kurdish Nationalist Organizations, Neighboring States, and "Ideological Distance”. E.E. Tugdar, S. Al (Eds.). Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East: Actors, Ideas, and Interests. (pp. 85-112). Palgrave Macmillan.

Wuthrich, M. (2015). National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System. Syracuse Univ Pr. [9780815634126].

Wuthrich, M. (2013). AN ESSENTIAL CENTER–PERIPHERY ELECTORAL CLEAVAGE AND THE TURKISH PARTY SYSTEM. International Journal of Middle East Studies - Issue 4 | Volume 45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743813000895.

Wuthrich, M. (2012). Factors Influencing Military-Media Relations in Turkey. The Middle East Journal - Issue 2 | Volume 66. https://doi.org/10.3751/66.2.13.

Wuthrich, F., Ardağ, M., Uğur, D. (2012). Politics, Cultural Heterogeneity and Support for the European Union in Turkey. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies - Issue 1 | Volume 12.

Wuthrich, M. (2010). Commercial Media, the Military, and Society in Turkey during Failed and Successful Interventions. Turkish Studies - Issue 2 | Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2010.483860.

Selected Presentations —

National Elections in Turkey: Here We Go Again? - Book Talk sponsored by the Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University. Location: Georgetown University. (10-29-2015).