Universität Wien

210125 SE M7: Staatstätigkeit, Policy- und Governanceanalysen (2017W)

Inter-Election Democracy (engl.)

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
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max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Dienstag 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 31.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
Dienstag 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The seminar focuses on the democratic process between elections. However, this process is structured in many ways by the election just held and foreshadowed by the election to follow at the end of the legislative term. In the seminar we will study important episodes and aspects of the inter-election period and how they relate to the two elections. Relevant questions include:
* How is the election result interpreted by political actors and the public and what follows from there?
* How does the process of coalition formation relate to the parties’ substantive campaign stances and the way the parties conducted their campaigns?
* How do parties’ choices of coalition partners influence voters’ party perceptions?
* How do the parties’ electoral pledges influence government policy – to what extent do parties fulfil their electoral mandate? How do parties “invest” in public policy with a view on the next election?
* To what extent is conflict in the electoral arena from the campaign period reproduced in the legislative arena? And how do patterns of government–opposition relation inform the next campaign?
* How do changes in coalition behaviour – new partners, new coalitions – relate to patterns of parliamentary voting and the conduct of parliamentary processes?
* What influence do changes in party strength in public opinion polls have on intra-coalition politics? What is their influence on the relations between government and opposition parties? And how do they influence intra-party politics?
* How do parties communicate with the electorate in the “long campaign” – the period from after the election until the setting in of the “hot campaign” immediately before elections?
* How do voters balance retrospective evaluations of the parties’ records in relation to prospective evaluations of their promises and programs?

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mitarbeit, Referate, schriftliche Abschlussarbeit

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

(1) Regelmäßige Anwesenheit (maximal 2 entschuldigte Fehleinheiten) und aktive Mitarbeit (Voraussetzung ist die Lektüre der jeweiligen Literatur) (15 % der Leistungsbeurteilung)
(2) Referate im Seminar (15 %)
(3) Schriftliche Seminararbeit im Umfang von 6000–7000 Worte ohne Literaturangaben, (70%)

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Arndt, Christoph (2017). An Empirical Model of Issue Evolution and Partisan Realignment in a Multiparty System. Political Research Quarterly, online first.
Bertelli, Anthony & Peter John (2012). Public Policy Investment: Risk and Return in British Politics. British Journal of Political Science, 43(4): 741–773.
Bevern, Simona (2013). Party Communication in Routine Times of Politics. Issue Dynamics, Party Competition, Agenda-Setting, and Representation in Germany. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Carmines, Edward G. & James A. Stimson (1986). On the Structure and Sequence of Issue Evolution. American Political Science Review, 80(3): 901–920.
Christensen, Love, Stefan Dahlberg & Johan Martinsson (2015). Changes and Fluctuations in Issue Ownership: The Case of Sweden, 1979–2010. Scandinavian Political Studies, 38(2): 137–157.
Christiansen, Flemming Juul & Henrik Bech Seeberg (2016). Cooperation between Counterparts in Parliament from an Agenda-Setting Perspective: Legislative Coalitions as a Trade of Criticism and Policy. West European Politics, 39(6): 1160–1180
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De Bruycker, Iskander & Stafaan Walgrave (2014). How A New Issue becomes an Owned Issue. Media Coverage and the Financial Crisis in Belgium (2008–2009). International Journal of Public Opinion, 26(1): 86–97.
De Vries, Cathrine E. & Sara B. Hobolt (2015). Issue Entrepreneurship and Multiparty Competition. Comparative Political Studies, 48(9): 1159–1185.
Esaiasson, Peter & Hanne M. Narud (eds.) (2013). Between-election Democracy: The Rrepresentative Relationship after Election Day. Colchester: ECPR Press.
Esaiasson, Peter, Mikael Gilljam & Mikael Persson (2017). Responsiveness Beyond Policy Satisfaction: Does It Matter to Citizens? Comparative Political Studies, 50(6): 739–765.
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Froio, Caterina, Shaun Bevan & Will Jennings (2016). Party Mandates and the Policy of Attention: Party Platforms, Public Priorities and the Policy Agenda in Britain. Party Politics, online first.
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Hobolt, Sara B. & Robert Klemmensen (2008). Government responsiveness and political competition in comparative perspective. Comparative Political Studies 41(3):309–37.
Jennings, Will & Christopher Wlezien (2015). Preferences, Problems and Representation. Political Science Research and Methods 3(3): 659–81.
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Kleinnijenhuis, Jan & Annemarie S. Walter (2014). News, Discussion, and Associative Issue Ownership: Instability at the Micro Level versus Stability at the Macro Level. International Journal of Press/Politics, 19(2): 226–245.
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Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:38