Leifeld, P. (2017) Discourse network analysis: policy debates as dynamic networks. In: Victor, J. N., Lubell, M. N. and Montgomery, A. H. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 301-326. ISBN 9780190228217 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190228217.013.25)
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Abstract
Political discourse is the verbal interaction between political actors. Political actors make normative claims about policies conditional on each other. This renders discourse a dynamic network phenomenon. Accordingly, the structure and dynamics of policy debates can be analyzed with a combination of content analysis and dynamic network analysis. After annotating statements of actors in text sources, networks can be created from these structured data, such as congruence or conflict networks at the actor or concept level, affiliation networks of actors and concept stances, and longitudinal versions of these networks. The resulting network data reveal important properties of a debate, such as the structure of advocacy coalitions or discourse coalitions, polarization and consensus formation, and underlying endogenous processes like popularity, reciprocity, or social balance. The added value of discourse network analysis over survey-based policy network research is that policy processes can be analyzed from a longitudinal perspective. Inferential techniques for understanding the micro-level processes governing political discourse are being developed.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Leifeld, Professor Philip |
| Authors: | Leifeld, P. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: | 9780190228217 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2016 Oxford University Press |
| First Published: | First published in The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks: 301-326 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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