“I applaud Professor Bayulgen for taking us outside the Western world to look at green energy transitions. To reverse global warming requires sufficient buy-in from non-Western countries. Her analysis is theoretically informed and empirically rich. It is a must-read for students of Turkish politics and for those who like to understand green energy transitions.”
—Christoph Stefes, University of Colorado Denver
— Christoph Stefes
“Twisting in the Wind criticizes the predominance of technological and market-based explanations and aims to establish that transition to clean energy is a political process.”
—Hande Paker, Bahçesehir University
— Hande Paker
“I applaud Professor Bayulgen for taking us outside the Western world to look at green energy transitions. To reverse global warming requires sufficient buy-in from non-Western countries. Her analysis is theoretically informed and empirically rich. It is a must-read for students of Turkish politics and for those who like to understand green energy transitions.”
—Christoph Stefes, University of Colorado Denver
— Christoph Stefes
“Twisting in the Wind criticizes the predominance of technological and market-based explanations and aims to establish that transition to clean energy is a political process.”
—Hande Paker, Bahçeşehir University
— Hande Paker
“Political science has much to say about how energy transitions will unfold across the globe. Oksan Bayulgen’s timely, insightful contribution attests to this potential. By employing canonical concepts of political science such as coalition building, redistribution, bureaucratic politics, and critical junctures, she demonstrates why states are unable to produce sustainable transition policies despite a backdrop of favorable economic and technological conditions.”
—Emre Hatipoglu, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
— Emre Hatipoglu
“Bayulgen tackles head-on the challenges of fossil fuel persistence and clean energy ambivalence in Turkish energy policy and offers a much-needed perspective on the partial reform path many countries are on. This comprehensive, well-researched, and eloquent book highlights the importance of agency, political power, and institutions to clean energy performance.”
—Indra Øverland, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
— Indra Overland