Beyza E Buyuker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4087741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beyza E Buyuker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beyza E |
| FAMILY NAME | Buyuker |
| SIGNATURE | BUYUKER B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1967-9995 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Who belongs to the demos? Undemocratic penalties to immigrant minority representation
Opposition to political candidates who represent ethnic minority interests in Western societies has included calls for undemocratic penalties. Majority groups in democratic societies value democracy in principle, but such support is malleable. We argue that diverse societies lack consensus on who constitutes the “demos”, the imagined political community. When there is a mismatch between a citizen’s understanding of the demos and an officeholder’s…
A Multi‐Study Assessment of Public Attitudes Toward Government's Role in Regulating Abortion Before and After the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision
Background The Dobbs v. Jackson decision radically shifted US abortion policy. This study examines how public attitudes toward state and federal government involvement in abortion regulation evolved surrounding this ruling. Methods Using a mixed‐methods approach, we first analyzed survey ( N = 1583) and interview data ( n = 24) collected in 2021, examining people's views on government involvement in abortion (Study 1). We then used a longitudinal…
Democracy and the Commemorated Other: Public Memory, Status Threat, and Democratic Backsliding Among White Americans
Contests over the presentation of history in public commemorations or “public memory” have become flashpoints in American culture wars, as minority groups and their allies push for inclusive representations while racial conservatives resist these changes as threats to national identity. This study examines whether symbolic disputes can erode democratic commitments by fostering political intolerance and whether they do so by shifting the boundarie…
Are immigrants allowed to criticize the government? Ingroup identity, economic threat, and majority group support for immigrant civil liberties in the US, Switzerland, and Turkey
Assaults on immigrants' civil liberties have been on the rise across Western countries. This study asks whether majority-group natives exhibit less political tolerance (i.e., support for restrictions on civil rights and liberties) toward immigrants who criticize the government compared to citizens, adding thereby a neglected element to the discussion on the conflicted nexus between migration and citizenship. Drawing on social identity theory and …
How Familism and Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Shape Attitudes Toward Legal Abortion Among Latinx and non-Latinx Adults in the United States
People who strongly value family ties may see family support and interconnection as a reason to discourage women from seeking abortion. At the same time, sexist beliefs are often linked to negative views on abortion. Hostile and benevolent sexism are typically associated with anti-abortion sentiment; hostile sexism conceptualizes abortion as a challenge to traditional gender roles and benevolent sexism conceptualizes abortion as a rejection of wo…
Exploring the Association between Measures of Cross-Culturalism and Abortion Attitudes Amongst Latinxs in the United States
It is imperative to understand how cross-cultural processes are associated with Latinxs’ social attitudes. In this study, we analyzed data from an online survey of 968 Latinx adults in the United States. We explored the associations of three different cross-cultural scales—the Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BASH), the Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS), and the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans II (ARSMA-II)—with U.S…
Do Perceptions of Ingroup Discrimination Fuel White Mistrust in Government? Insights from the 2012–2020 Anes and a Framing Experiment
Since the 1960s, political elites have used implicit and overt claims that the government discriminates against whites to mobilize white voters. As a result, many white Americans perceive government policies that address racial inequalities as a form of anti-white bias and politicians who criticize racial inequities as hostile to white interests. We hypothesize that white Americans who believe their group faces discrimination are more likely to m…
The conditional relationship between cultural and economic threats in white Americans’ support for refugee relocation programs
Objective Scholars have reached conflicting results as to the relative importance of cultural and economic threats to majority group receptivity to immigrants and refugees. This study seeks to test whether cultural or economic threat has a stronger influence on white Americans’ receptivity to Syrian refugees. Method We designed a 2 × 2 priming experiment fielded among white Americans in 2015 that varies both the religion of Syrian refugees to be …
Beyond Performance: Racial Prejudice and Whites’ Mistrust of Government
Race politics research and the American presidency: Thinking about white attitudes, identities and vote choice in the Trump era and beyond
Heeding the call of the special issue, we look at the past decade's advances in public opinion studies of our understanding of the relationship between white racial identities, attitudes, and presidential voting preferences. Following a short review of developments in the literature during the Obama years, we critically evaluated four theories explaining whites' support for Trump: racial resentment, xenophobia, sexism, and white identity. Using d…
Racial Resentment or Sexism? White Americans' Outgroup Attitudes as Predictors of Gun Ownership and NRA Membership
Gun ownership is a key predictor of gun policy preferences, political advocacy on behalf of gun rights, and political engagement. Theories have linked both racial and gender ideologies to gun ownership among white Americans, but the evidence is spotty. Statistical analyses provide some limited confirmation that racial resentment is a key predictor of gun ownership, but the role of sexism has not been tested quantitatively especially in conjunctio…
Racial Resentment or Sexism? White Americans' Outgroup Attitudes as Predictors of Gun Ownership and NRA Membership
Gun ownership is a key predictor of gun policy preferences, political advocacy on behalf of gun rights, and political engagement. Theories have linked both racial and gender ideologies to gun ownership among white Americans, but the evidence is spotty. Statistical analyses provide some limited confirmation that racial resentment is a key predictor of gun ownership, but the role of sexism has not been tested quantitatively especially in conjunctio…
Do Perceptions of Ingroup Discrimination Fuel White Mistrust in Government? Insights from the 2012–2020 Anes and a Framing Experiment
Since the 1960s, political elites have used implicit and overt claims that the government discriminates against whites to mobilize white voters. As a result, many white Americans perceive government policies that address racial inequalities as a form of anti-white bias and politicians who criticize racial inequities as hostile to white interests. We hypothesize that white Americans who believe their group faces discrimination are more likely to m…
Beyond Performance: Racial Prejudice and Whites’ Mistrust of Government
The conditional relationship between cultural and economic threats in white Americans’ support for refugee relocation programs
Objective Scholars have reached conflicting results as to the relative importance of cultural and economic threats to majority group receptivity to immigrants and refugees. This study seeks to test whether cultural or economic threat has a stronger influence on white Americans’ receptivity to Syrian refugees. Method We designed a 2 × 2 priming experiment fielded among white Americans in 2015 that varies both the religion of Syrian refugees to be …
Are immigrants allowed to criticize the government? Ingroup identity, economic threat, and majority group support for immigrant civil liberties in the US, Switzerland, and Turkey
Assaults on immigrants' civil liberties have been on the rise across Western countries. This study asks whether majority-group natives exhibit less political tolerance (i.e., support for restrictions on civil rights and liberties) toward immigrants who criticize the government compared to citizens, adding thereby a neglected element to the discussion on the conflicted nexus between migration and citizenship. Drawing on social identity theory and …
Race politics research and the American presidency: Thinking about white attitudes, identities and vote choice in the Trump era and beyond
Heeding the call of the special issue, we look at the past decade's advances in public opinion studies of our understanding of the relationship between white racial identities, attitudes, and presidential voting preferences. Following a short review of developments in the literature during the Obama years, we critically evaluated four theories explaining whites' support for Trump: racial resentment, xenophobia, sexism, and white identity. Using d…
Racial Resentment or Sexism? White Americans' Outgroup Attitudes as Predictors of Gun Ownership and NRA Membership
Gun ownership is a key predictor of gun policy preferences, political advocacy on behalf of gun rights, and political engagement. Theories have linked both racial and gender ideologies to gun ownership among white Americans, but the evidence is spotty. Statistical analyses provide some limited confirmation that racial resentment is a key predictor of gun ownership, but the role of sexism has not been tested quantitatively especially in conjunctio…
The conditional relationship between cultural and economic threats in white Americans’ support for refugee relocation programs
Objective Scholars have reached conflicting results as to the relative importance of cultural and economic threats to majority group receptivity to immigrants and refugees. This study seeks to test whether cultural or economic threat has a stronger influence on white Americans’ receptivity to Syrian refugees. Method We designed a 2 × 2 priming experiment fielded among white Americans in 2015 that varies both the religion of Syrian refugees to be …
Beyond Performance: Racial Prejudice and Whites’ Mistrust of Government
Do Perceptions of Ingroup Discrimination Fuel White Mistrust in Government? Insights from the 2012–2020 Anes and a Framing Experiment
Since the 1960s, political elites have used implicit and overt claims that the government discriminates against whites to mobilize white voters. As a result, many white Americans perceive government policies that address racial inequalities as a form of anti-white bias and politicians who criticize racial inequities as hostile to white interests. We hypothesize that white Americans who believe their group faces discrimination are more likely to m…
Are immigrants allowed to criticize the government? Ingroup identity, economic threat, and majority group support for immigrant civil liberties in the US, Switzerland, and Turkey
Assaults on immigrants' civil liberties have been on the rise across Western countries. This study asks whether majority-group natives exhibit less political tolerance (i.e., support for restrictions on civil rights and liberties) toward immigrants who criticize the government compared to citizens, adding thereby a neglected element to the discussion on the conflicted nexus between migration and citizenship. Drawing on social identity theory and …
How Familism and Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Shape Attitudes Toward Legal Abortion Among Latinx and non-Latinx Adults in the United States
People who strongly value family ties may see family support and interconnection as a reason to discourage women from seeking abortion. At the same time, sexist beliefs are often linked to negative views on abortion. Hostile and benevolent sexism are typically associated with anti-abortion sentiment; hostile sexism conceptualizes abortion as a challenge to traditional gender roles and benevolent sexism conceptualizes abortion as a rejection of wo…
Exploring the Association between Measures of Cross-Culturalism and Abortion Attitudes Amongst Latinxs in the United States
It is imperative to understand how cross-cultural processes are associated with Latinxs’ social attitudes. In this study, we analyzed data from an online survey of 968 Latinx adults in the United States. We explored the associations of three different cross-cultural scales—the Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BASH), the Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS), and the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans II (ARSMA-II)—with U.S…
Who belongs to the demos? Undemocratic penalties to immigrant minority representation
Opposition to political candidates who represent ethnic minority interests in Western societies has included calls for undemocratic penalties. Majority groups in democratic societies value democracy in principle, but such support is malleable. We argue that diverse societies lack consensus on who constitutes the “demos”, the imagined political community. When there is a mismatch between a citizen’s understanding of the demos and an officeholder’s…
A Multi‐Study Assessment of Public Attitudes Toward Government's Role in Regulating Abortion Before and After the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision
Background The Dobbs v. Jackson decision radically shifted US abortion policy. This study examines how public attitudes toward state and federal government involvement in abortion regulation evolved surrounding this ruling. Methods Using a mixed‐methods approach, we first analyzed survey ( N = 1583) and interview data ( n = 24) collected in 2021, examining people's views on government involvement in abortion (Study 1). We then used a longitudinal…
Democracy and the Commemorated Other: Public Memory, Status Threat, and Democratic Backsliding Among White Americans
Contests over the presentation of history in public commemorations or “public memory” have become flashpoints in American culture wars, as minority groups and their allies push for inclusive representations while racial conservatives resist these changes as threats to national identity. This study examines whether symbolic disputes can erode democratic commitments by fostering political intolerance and whether they do so by shifting the boundarie…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Abortion (3 works)