English, P., Grasso, M.T. orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-2241, Buraczynska, B. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Convergence on Crisis? Comparing Labour and Conservative Party Framing of the Economic Crisis in Britain, 2008-14. Politics and Policy, 44 (3). pp. 577-603. ISSN 1555-5623
Abstract
Since the 1980s, Britain's two largest political parties have been converging ever closer on the political spectrum, in line with a Downsian model of two party majoritarian sys-tems. While both Labour and the Conservatives have been moving toward consensus, we investigate the extent to which the recent financial crisis, understood as a critical juncture, interrupted this movement. Using a “fuzzy set” ideal type analysis with claims making data, we asses whether or not we can detect the signs of this consensus breaking down as a result of the crisis and events which followed. Our results show that despite this most critical event, consensus was maintained as we found both parties adopting very similar framing and narrating strategies on the economic crisis in their public discourse. The study concludes that the shared discursive framing and narrating between both parties on the crisis demonstrates a continued Thatcherite, neoliberal consensus in British politics.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Policy Studies Organization. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Politics & Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Great Britain; United Kingdom; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Convergence; New Labour; Party Politics; Economic Crisis; Great Recession; Fuzzy Set Analysis; Ideal Type Analysis; Political Change; Neoliberalism; Neo-Liberalism; Comparative Political Analysis; Framing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - FP6/FP7 LIVEWHAT 613237 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2016 08:45 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/polp.12160 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/polp.12160 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97111 |