Gatekeeping the Plenary Floor: Discourse Network Analysis as a Novel Approach to Party Control
| Autor: | Caroline Bhattacharya |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change, Political Science |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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content analysis christian democrats Public Administration Sociology and Political Science party discipline speech 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Public administration Voting 050602 political science & public administration parliamentary debate Christian democratic party Parlamentsdebatte lcsh:JA1-92 Political science network analysis media_common euro crisis Bundestag political discourse 05 social sciences Finanzkrise Legislature 16. Peace & justice Viewpoints Bundesrepublik Deutschland 0506 political science legislative behaviour crisis Gate-keeper discourse network analysis 5171 Political Science social network Inhaltsanalyse social networks Parliament Politikwissenschaft party politics media_common.quotation_subject Netzwerkanalyse Federal Republic of Germany germany Representation (politics) lcsh:Political science (General) media_common.cataloged_instance Christian Democrats party political discourse Politbarometer March II 2010 September II 2011 October I 2011 August 2012 November I 2012 Parteipolitik European union Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture Diskurs politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur 021110 strategic defence & security studies Euro Rede financial crisis Gatekeeping Krise gatekeeper Content analysis Parteidisziplin ddc:320 discourse christdemokratische Partei bundestag |
| Zdroj: | Politics and Governance, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 229-242 (2020) Politics and Governance Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis |
| ISSN: | 2183-2463 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/pag.v8i2.2611 |
| Popis: | In the German parliament, the Bundestag, floor time is a scarce resource and is allocated to MPs by leaders of their respective parliamentary party groups. Previous research indicates that highly salient plenary debates tend to be dominated by party leaders and other loyal frontbenchers. Plenary speeches can therefore offer only limited insights into party unity. Any MP can give a so-called ‘explanation of vote’ (EoVs) to justify their voting decision and/or express their point of view. These written statements provide a more accurate depiction of the range of viewpoints present within legislative parties. In order to assess the effect of party control on observed party unity and parliamentary contestation, discourse network analysis has been employed in this study to compare legislative speech with EoVs in debates on the Greek crisis between 2010 and 2015. Discourse network analysis combines content analysis with an actor-centred approach, and this is the first time this method has been used to study party control and (dis)unity. Bundestag debates on the Greek crisis present an interesting case study, as the issue became increasingly controversial over time, both in the public and the legislature. While this became evident in declining voting unity and individual-level mobilisation through EoVs, the extent to which gatekeeping impedes contestation on the plenary floor needs to be assessed. In terms of representation, it is important that European Union issues not only make it to the plenary agenda but that these debates also reflect the different viewpoints of MPs. |
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