What Are Policy Punctuations? Large Changes in the Legislative Agenda of the UK Government, 1911-2008
What Are Policy Punctuations? Large Changes in the Legislative Agenda of the UK Government, 1911-2008
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00435.x
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Bevan, Shaun
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作者：
John, Peter;Bevan, Shaun
在这篇文章中，我们认为政策标点符号在反映不同类型的政治变化的方式上彼此不同。我们确定了三种主要的类型。第一个是程序性变化，在同一问题领域内有独特的无关政策。在剩下的重大政策变化中，高显着性标点符号与媒体的关注增加有关，而低显着性标点符号则不会引起这样的审查。该分析将这种类型学应用于英国政策议程项目的数据，从1911至2008年间英国议会法案的内容中识别出标点符号。使用来自历史记录和数据系列的证据，分析将每个观察结果归入类型学。我们声称，类型学具有更广泛的应用，并可以在其他司法管辖区和时间段复制。我们的结论是，对标点符号的历史记录和定性研究的关注可以补充和促进对汇总数据序列的分析。
In this article, we argue that policy punctuations differ from each other in ways that reflect distinct types of political change. We identify three main kinds. The first are procedural changes that have unique unrelated policies within the same issue area. Within the remaining large policy changes, high-salience punctuations are associated with increased attention in the media, whereas low-salience punctuations do not attract such scrutiny. The analysis applies the typology to data from the UK Policy Agendas Project, identifying punctuations from the content of Acts of the UK Parliament between 1911 and 2008. Using evidence from the historical record and the data series, the analysis places each observation within the typology. We claim that the typology has a more general application and could be replicated in other jurisdictions and time periods. We conclude that attention to the historical record and qualitative studies of punctuations can complement and inform the analysis of aggregate data series.