Chaney, Paul 2013. Electoral discourse analysis of state foreign policy development: exploring the party politicization of the Commonwealth in UK Westminster elections 1945-2010. Contemporary Politics 19 (2) , pp. 203-220. 10.1080/13569775.2013.785831 |
Abstract
This paper focuses on the policy discourse of the Commonwealth in Wales, UK general election manifestos 1945–2010. It reveals party politicization in the immediate post-war period underpinned by contrasts in policy framing and a Left–Right cleavage spanning a range of issues including immigration and development. A significant post-1970 decline in salience is shown to be accompanied by a shift from substantive to symbolic policy-making and cross-party convergence around residual policy frames whereby the Commonwealth is used to evoke past influence and a normative vision of international governance. This has wider significance for the present electoral discourse approach provides a transferable methodology to inform understanding of party dynamics and policy framing in the formative stage of international relations policy-making.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government J Political Science > JZ International relations |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | party politicization, Commonwealth, issue-salience, framing, manifesto, UK |
Publisher: | Routledge |
ISSN: | 1356-9775 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2017 06:18 |
URI: | http://orca-mwe.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/58350 |
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