(De)politicisation and the Father’s Clause parliamentary debates

Bates, Stephen; Jenkins, Laura; Amery, Fran

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“…Specifically, it is argued that a focus on the actions of both governments and non-state actors can provide greater nuance and appreciation of the determinants of depoliticisation. As Bates et al . (2014) suggest, actions that might appear ‘politicising’ (like greater public discussion or extension of state control) can, when combined with other depoliticising trends, coalesce into a situation with significant ‘depoliticised remainders’.…”

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Paradoxical Politics: Emergency, Security and the Depoliticisation of Flooding

Wood

2015

Political Studies

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Existing research on depoliticisation emphasises how blame is shifted away from governments due to tactics employed by politicians. The argument of this article is that the analytical utility of this approach can be significantly enhanced by also examining the conduct of non-state actors, and broader contextual factors. Using a detailed case study of record flooding in the UK in 2007, the article shows how, despite significant failures in flood preparation, the agenda-setting and preference-shaping actions of politicians and the media, and the ‘path-shaping’ effects of a benign political context and volatile and unstable policy area, the government was largely absolved of blame in the eyes of the public. In particular, the article highlights a paradox of drivers that appear simultaneously politicising and depoliticising, but lead ultimately to depoliticisation. It is argued that these ‘paradoxical’ factors can be conceptualized usefully through a distinctive model of depoliticisation and securitisation.

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“… 1 This definition is slightly modified to ‘shifted away’ as opposed to ‘placed at one remove’ (in Burnham’s original language). This suggests the greater presence of contingency or indeterminacy as advocated by Bates et al . (2014) and Beveridge and Naumann (2014).…”

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Paradoxical Politics: Emergency, Security and the Depoliticisation of Flooding

Wood

2015

Political Studies

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“…This has implications for recent work, which has emphasised the importance of broadening analytical approaches to depoliticisation to involve a range of societal processes and mechanisms that support or reinforce institutional mechanisms deployed by governments, drawing on Hay's (2007) model (Wood and Flinders 2014). Empirical analysis has sought to develop heuristic indicators of Hay's forms of (de)politicisation through attempting to map the transition of issues onto and off of public and political agendas (Bates et al 2014; Kuzemko 2014). One key argument of this article is that, in doing so, scholars are operating (implicitly or explicitly) within a tradition of research into state-society relations with a range of well-honed approaches that offer important insights.…”

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“…7). Empirical research has focused on the success of depoliticisation (Kettell 2008; Rogers 2009; Beveridge 2012), how depoliticised policy areas are re-politicised (Kuzemko 2014) and ‘the broader relationship between depoliticising and politicising dynamics’ (Jenkins 2011, 158; Bates et al 2014). …”

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Depoliticisation, Resilience and the Herceptin Post-Code Lottery Crisis: Holding Back the Tide

Wood¹

2014

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Research Highlights and AbstractThis article:Covers new empirical terrain in the study of depoliticisation, with an in-depth case study of health technology regulation;Analyses depoliticisation from a novel analytical perspective, examining how depoliticised institutions are resilient to external pressure for politicisation;Posits a distinctive framework for analysing resilience, drawing on cognate literatures on policy networks and agencification;Raises interesting and distinctive questions about the nature of depoliticisation in advanced liberal democracies, arguing it is more contested than commonly acknowledged.Depoliticisation as a concept offers distinctive insights into how governments attempt to relieve political pressures in liberal democracies. Analysis has examined the effects of depoliticisation tactics on the public, but not how those tactics are sustained during moments of political tension. Drawing on policy networks and agencification literatures, this article examines how these tactics are resilient against pressure for politicisation. Using an in-depth case study of the controversial appraisal of cancer drug Herceptin in 2005/6 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the article examines how ‘resilient’ NICE was to external politicisation. It is argued that NICE was resilient because it was effectively ‘insulated’ by formal procedures and informal norms of deference to scientific expertise. This mechanism is termed ‘institutional double glazing’. The conclusion suggests developments to the conceptual and methodological framework of depoliticisation, and highlights theoretical insights into the nature of ‘anti-politics’ in contemporary democracies.

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“…Form (4) is somewhat wistful and dreamy in its supposition that somehow things will turn out to be better. Form (5) is the thinnest form and can be detected in the disenchantment literature in its crucial attack on ‘ideological’ processes of depoliticisation, which deny or dismiss possibilities for action (Bates et al, 2013; Hay, 2007; Hay and Stoker, 2009; Jenkins, 2011; Wood and Flinders, 2013). In retaliation, Hay directs his optimism towards human nature, politics and the prospects for change (Hay, 2007: 9).…”

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Why do all our feelings about politics matter?

Jenkins

2018

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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This article examines disenchantment with democracy and the role of emotions in politics. Its contribution is to develop our understanding of emotions in situations of political disenchantment. It is argued that (1) there are a wide variety of emotions involved in political disaffection which need explication, (2) it is important to consider the dynamic of political motivation and demotivation and (3) we should be concerned about political disenchantment, not only because citizens are becoming negative and disengaging but because the concerns of some raise important issues with justice and equality in democracies. Greater attention to the cultivation of emotions, such as hope, in public life might help us to understand, (re)kindle, and sustain people’s affection for, and engagement in, politics.

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(De)politicisation and the Father’s Clause parliamentary debates

Cited by 5 publications

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Paradoxical Politics: Emergency, Security and the Depoliticisation of Flooding

Paradoxical Politics: Emergency, Security and the Depoliticisation of Flooding

Depoliticisation, Resilience and the Herceptin Post-Code Lottery Crisis: Holding Back the Tide

Why do all our feelings about politics matter?

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