| dc.contributor.editor | KRIESI, Hanspeter | |
| dc.contributor.editor | BERNHARD, Laurent | |
| dc.contributor.editor | FOSSATI, Flavia | |
| dc.contributor.editor | HÄNGGLI, Regula | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-03T10:19:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-03T10:19:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019 | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781108609340 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781108497510 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/68010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 2008 the world experienced the Great Recession, a financial and economic crisis of enormous proportions and the greatest economic downturn since the 1930s. In its wake, unemployment became a key preoccupation of West European publics and politicians. This comparative study considers the policy debates surrounding unemployment in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark and Switzerland since 2008. With an over-arching focus on drawing out cross-national commonalities and differences, the authors ask whether patterns of political communication vary across countries. Their analysis draws on interviews with labour market policy-makers in the six selected countries, and paints a revealing picture. Appealing to researchers in comparative politics, political communication and welfare state research, this book will also interest practitioners involved in labour market policy. | en |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | List of Contributors
Part I:The Context Structures and the Policy-specific Debates
1.Introduction: Shaping the Debate on Unemployment and the Labor Market
Hanspeter Kriesi, Laurent Bernhard, Flavia Fossati and Regula Hänggli
Policy-related Public Debates on Unemployment
The Crisis as a Common Context Condition of the Debate
Variation in the Public Debates Across the Six Countries
Design of the Study
An Overview of the Study’s Contents
Overall Findings
2.Theoretical Framework: Production of Policy-specific Political Communication
Regula Hänggli and Flavia Fossati
General Approach
Model of Political Communication Production
Political Actors’ Strategies: Mobilizing Support and Crafting the Message
The Influence of General, Issue-specific, and Debate-specific Contexts
Conclusion
3.The Political Contexts of National Policy Debates
Hanspeter Kriesi, Flavia Fossati and Laurent Bernhard
Introduction
Political Communication Systems
The Relevant Political Arenas
The Labor Market Regimes
Conclusion
4.The Variety of National Debates
Hanspeter Kriesi, Laurent Bernhard, Flavia Fossati, Regula Hänggli and Christian Elmelund-Præstekær
Introduction
Denmark: Media Campaign on Activation
Switzerland: The Calm After the Storm
Germany: Adjusting Hartz IV
France: In the Shadow of Protest Politics
Italy: Fiat’s Threat of Delocalization
UK: Imposing Austerity
Conclusion
Part II:Political Actors and Their Assets
5.What Affects Power in the Labor Market Domain?
Laurent Bernhard
Introduction
Powerful Actor Types
Data and Operationalization
Empirical Analysis
Conclusion
6.The Labor-Market Policy Space
Flavia Fossati
Introduction
Theoretical Considerations
Operationalization and Methods
Analyzing the Structure of Labor-Market Policy Space in Western Europe
Actor Constellations in the Labor-Market Policy Space
Conclusion
7.Beliefs or Interests: What Is the Driving Force Behind Coalition Formation?
Laurent Bernhard
Introduction
Camp and Cross-camp Cooperation
Data and Operationalization
Empirical Analysis
Conclusion
8.Action Repertoires for Shaping the Debates
Laurent Bernhard
Introduction
Outside and Inside Activities
Protest Politics
New Social Media
Conclusion
Part III:Communicating in Public
9.Framing Strategies: Important Messages in Public Debates
Regula Hänggli
Introduction
Determinants of Message Importance
Operationalization
Results
Conclusion
10.The Positioning of Actors in Public Debates
Hanspeter Kriesi and Regula Hänggli
Introduction
Theoretical Argument
Core Beliefs and Policy-core Beliefs
General Arguments in Labor Market Policy
Debate-specific Arguments
Multivariate Analysis
Conclusion
11.Inside the Interaction Context
Laurent Bernhard
Introduction
Identifying Major Events
Event Management – Engagement and Positioning
Message Convergence
Negative Campaigning
Conclusion
12.Quality of Public Debates
Regula Hänggli and Richard van der Wurff
Cornerstone of Democracy
Debate Diversity and Debate Style
Types of Public Debate
Determinants of Debate Diversity and Style
Operationalization
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Part IV:Conclusion
13.Conclusion
Laurent Bernhard
The Missing Reforms
The Prevalence of Country Similarities
It’s the Mobilization, Stupid!
References
Index | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en |
| dc.title | Debating unemployment policy : political communication and the labour market in western Europe | en |
| dc.type | Book | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/9781108609340 | |
