Analysing Parliamentary Debate with Computer Assistance

Bara, Judith; Weale, Albert; Bicquelet, Aude

doi:10.1002/j.1662-6370.2007.tb00090.x

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“…One would expect that the location of the groups within the ideological spectrum would be the determining factor, and that the various arguments and positions would be characteristic of one side or another of the parliamentary party groups. In other words, one would expect that the parliamentary groups would adopt a position and would put forward some specific arguments on the basis of their ideological allegiance (Bara, J., Weale, A. and Bicquelet, A., 2007). However, as we will see later, the analysis shows that, although with some exceptions, this is not the case.…”

Section: Institutional Advertising In the Spanish Parliamentsmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Addressing the analysis of the interaction between political representatives and the empirical study of parliamentary speeches will also contribute to the understanding of the framing of political issues and the comparative evaluation of the deliberative behaviour of different parliaments (Bara, J., Weale, A. and Bicquelet, A., 2007).…”

Section: The Spanish Parliament As Public Spacementioning

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Institutional Advertising in the Spanish Parliament

Feliu-Albaladejo¹

2011

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This article presents the results of a study about the legislation of institutional advertising in the Spanish Congress, which is understood as an arena for political communication. The research is focused on the analysis of the parliamentary initiatives and the corresponding parliamentary debates, with special emphasis on the legislative initiatives prior to the 2005 Law of Advertising and Institutional Communication, and its value as predecessor of other regulations. The first proposal of the law, still rejected, was taken by different political forces as the basis for subsequent regulative proposals concerning institutional advertising. The position of different groups, and their arguments, shows a clear lack of coherence in many cases. The comparison of the different initiatives in different Spanish chambers -and the debates around them-is a first step to establish the policy memory which, beyond the specific case of institutional communication, becomes a very useful instrument in the field of Political Communication.

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Section: Institutional Advertising In the Spanish Parliamentsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: The Spanish Parliament As Public Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional Advertising in the Spanish Parliament

Feliu-Albaladejo¹

2011

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“…Its advantage is that within a short time the researcher can gain an impression of a voluminous data corpus. (For more information about Alceste see Guerin-Pace 1998; Bara et al 2007;Bicquelet et al 2012;Schonhardt-Bailey 2005. ) NVivo is a qualitative data analysis management tool.…”

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How to refuse a vote on the EU? The case against the referendum in the House of Commons (1974–2010)

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Addison

2016

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Under what conditions do politicians oppose referendums especially to decide questions of European integration? Existing literature has identified reasons why governments and political parties pledge to hold non-mandatory referendums to ratify EU treaties or determine a country's participation in the EU project, and some studies have analysed the effect of voter demand and attitudes towards EU referendums. This study examines the positions politicians themselves take towards popular participation in decision-making on the EU. The paper presents a summative content analysis of parliamentary debates in the United Kingdom between 1974 and 2010, tracing MPs' arguments against using referendums to determine the UK's participation in EU integration. Our results indicate that the range of claims made by MPs in the House of Commons against referendums on European matters has narrowed over time, although opposing arguments have continued to fall into the same set of four argumentative strategies. We find that institutional arguments, reflecting a Burkean understanding of representative democracy, consistently predominate over arguments that cite practical, political and manipulation concerns.

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“…Debates might be debates at a party meeting, but also a debate in democratic government's legislature like a parliament between members of different parties or between such members and the government. Bara, Weale and Bicquelet (2007), who actually compare the results found by using two different computer programs, consider the parliamentary debate. They look for dominant themes in the debates and try to find out how far speakers who take different positions follow a distinct pattern of discourse.…”

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Coding Issues in Cognitive Mapping of Games

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2013

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In text analysis studies coders have to make qualitative decisions. These decisions are based on interpretations of the texts under study. In such situations it is very helpful to have coding rules. These do not only help as an aid to the coder, but are also useful for readers of the research report that will follow. The rules make visible in considerable extent how the coding task has been performed, they take care of transparency. This contribution focuses on motions that have been treated in the Dutch House of Representatives. Motions usually contain information on why they are needed, the proposing member usually also tells about it. There is a discussion with the secretary, who is supposed to put the motion into effect if it is accepted. The secretary even has to give an advice. It is assumed that under these discussion(s) a cognitive map containing some game theoretic representation can be found. Rules are discussed that are used to code the types of maps that might be found. IntroductionMany types of text are available that are not exploited yet. Looking at political debates we have among others party manifestos, speeches, debates. Party manifestos allow investigating parties with respect to their place on a left-right continuum (Laver & Garry, 2000) or on a scale denoting a relevant characteristic. This in its turn allows discovering how a party changes position over time. Slapin and Proksch (2008) demonstrate changes in economic, societal and foreign policy for several political parties in Germany. Speeches might be speeches by party officials, but also speeches by members of the parliament or members of the government. McLean and Patterson (2007) analyzed speeches on Iraq by the British Prime minister, who was at that time also party leader. Debates might be debates at a party meeting, but also a debate in democratic government's legislature like a parliament between members of different parties or between such members and the government. Bara, Weale and Bicquelet (2007), who actually compare the results found by using two different computer programs, consider the parliamentary debate. They look for dominant themes in the debates and try to find out how far speakers who take different positions follow a distinct pattern of discourse. Very often, certainly in governmental bodies, transcripts of such speeches or debates are available. Harris (1996) summarizes studies in which content analysis was used to understand negotiations. She showed that in these studies there has been a lot of attention for positive and negative behaviors and that also style and affect received attention. A disadvantage of discussions in general however is that it is unclear when a party will come with a reaction on an issue or statement; it is even possible that there will be no reaction at all.In debates in parliament sometimes typical formats are used for discussing issues. In many countries parliamentarians have the right to ask questions, to propose amendments to laws that are under construction or to propose motions. A m...

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Analysing Parliamentary Debate with Computer Assistance

Cited by 52 publications

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Institutional Advertising in the Spanish Parliament

Institutional Advertising in the Spanish Parliament

How to refuse a vote on the EU? The case against the referendum in the House of Commons (1974–2010)

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