Ministers, Gender and Political Appointments

Government and Opposition ◽

10.1017/gov.2020.10 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Bonnie N. Field

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Statistical Analyses ◽

The Political ◽

Men And Women ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Sphere ◽

Women Ministers ◽

Political Appointments ◽

Context Shapes

Abstract This study examines whether the sex of the selector matters for advancing women's inclusion in politics and how the political context shapes selectors’ preferences and behaviour. It focuses on an under-researched area – the political appointments ministers make in their ministerial departments – and thus sheds light on the conditions under which women access appointed office. It analyses six governments in Spain between 1996 and 2018, using a mixed methods approach that includes statistical analyses of political appointments and interviews with former ministers. It finds that women ministers, as individuals, did not appoint more women than men ministers did at any time. However, women's presence is highly relevant. In more gender-balanced political contexts, men and women ministers appointed more women. Moreover, the context changed, in part because critical political actors pushed for it. This imbued a new political sphere, subcabinet-appointed offices, with representational significance.

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Quellen des "Querdenkertums". Eine politische Soziologie der Corona-Proteste in Baden-Württemberg

10.31235/osf.io/8f4pb ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Nadine Frei ◽

Oliver Nachtwey

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

The Political ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Quantitative Survey ◽

Politische Soziologie ◽

Guiding Questions

The present study was guided by two research-guiding questions: a) What are the special characteristics of the Querdenken movement in Baden-Württemberg? b) Why is the Querdenken movement so strongly rooted in Baden-Württemberg? An explorative mixed-methods approach was chosen for our research. By means of qualitative interviews with Corona critics, analyses of field experts, ethnographic observations, and a secondary analysis of our quantitative survey in Telegram groups, we drew conclusions and tentative analyses about the Querdenken movement in the political map of Baden-Württemberg.

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Beyond Big Bird, Binders, and Bayonets: Humor and Visibility Among Connected Viewers of the 2012 US Presidential Debates

Social Media + Society ◽

10.1177/2056305118761201 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 205630511876120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kevin Driscoll ◽

Alex Leavitt ◽

Kristen L. Guth ◽

François Bar ◽

Aalok Mehta

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Presidential Debates ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Political Actors

During the 2012 US presidential debates, more than five million connected viewers turned to social media to respond to the broadcast and talk politics with one another. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study examines the prevalence of humor and its relationship to visibility among connected viewers live-tweeting the debates. Based on a content analysis of tweets and accounts, we estimate that approximately one-fifth of the messages sent during the debates consisted of strictly humorous content. Using retweet frequency as a proxy for visibility, we found a positive relationship between the use of humor and the visibility of individual tweets. Not only was humor widespread in the discourse of connected viewers, but humorous messages enjoyed greater overall visibility. These findings suggest a strategic use of humor by political actors seeking greater shares of attention on social media.

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A Question of Utter Importance: The Early History of Climate Change and Energy Policy in Sweden, 1974–1983

Environment and History ◽

10.3197/096734021x16245313030028 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kristoffer Ekberg ◽

Martin Hultman

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Climate Science ◽

High Energy ◽

Early Years ◽

The Political ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Sphere ◽

History Of ◽

Scientific Results

This paper studies early arguments in Sweden for combating climate change. We show how scientific results in relation to climate change entered the political sphere as part of the debate on energy in the 1970s, a process we propose to name energysation. We argue that the use of climate science by pro-nuclear political actors served as a way of maintaining a course set by a high-energy society while simultaneously trying to outmanoeuvre the growing environmental anti-nuclear and low-energy movement. When the pro-nuclear power side met with resistance, this led to a displacement of climate change knowledge away from the realm of the national political sphere and specific energy forms, a process we conceptualise as de-energysation. By highlighting conflicts and the political framings of climate change in the early years 1974–1983, we suggest that the history of these frames influences current delay in climate change mitigation and limits the range of actions and ways of addressing the ongoing climate emergency.

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Between distribution and allocation: growth models, sectoral coalitions and the politics of taxation revisited

Socio-Economic Review ◽

10.1093/ser/mwz038 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lukas Haffert ◽

Daniel Mertens

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Growth Models ◽

Value Added ◽

The Political ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Export Sector ◽

Political Dynamics ◽

Policy Choices ◽

Comparative Capitalism

AbstractComparative political economists typically analyze taxation as a matter of distribution. This article, by contrast, develops an allocational explanation of tax policy choices: as taxes channel resources into some economic activities and restrain others, they become subject to the allocational concerns of different sectors of the economy. We argue that sectoral coalitions straddling the class divide substantially influence the development of tax systems, and that the power of these coalitions is associated with differences in growth models. Employing a mixed methods approach, we first demonstrate a systematic association between growth models and consumption taxation across advanced capitalist countries. Afterward, we study the German value-added tax increase in 2005 to illustrate the political dynamics behind this result. In this debate, an export sector coalition prevailed over a domestic sector coalition that strongly opposed the reform. We conclude by discussing the wider implications for the study of taxation and comparative capitalism.

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Promote me or protect us? The framing of policy for collective good

European Journal of Marketing ◽

10.1108/ejm-10-2011-0609 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 48 (3/4) ◽

pp. 742-760 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Anjala Selena Krishen ◽

Robyn Raschke ◽

Pushkin Kachroo ◽

Michael LaTour ◽

Pratik Verma

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Transportation Policy ◽

Collective Good ◽

The Political ◽

Content Type ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Analysis Process ◽

Self Interest ◽

Political Consumption

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the best marketing communications for policy messages that makes these messages acceptable and fair to the public. Within the context of the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax, this paper examines how framing messages through the alternative perspective of tribalism can increase individual support towards the corresponding policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a mixed methods approach. Study 1 uses a qualitative content analysis process based on grounded theory to identify the themes that surround 331 public comments on a transportation policy. Study 2 follows with two 2x2 quantitative factorial experiments to test specific hypotheses. Findings – If messages are framed to address the collective losses of the political tribe for collective good, then they generate more favorable attitudes towards the policy, as opposed to the self-interest perspective. Research limitations/implications – This paper focuses on two political tribes: the collective good and self-interest. Additional research needs to address the other socially symbolic political tribes to develop the empirical research on the theory of tribalism. Practical implications – The marketing of public policy based on traditional segmentation is limiting. Policy messages can be more salient if they are framed for the political consumption of the socially symbolic tribe. Originality/value – A key contribution is that the paper is the first to use a mixed methods approach, with two studies that examine the effects of framing policy from a tribalism perspective.

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Hannah Arendt et l'exclusion radicale contemporaine

Canadian Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0008423908080724 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 587-602 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Catherine Ellyson

Keyword(s):

Present Article ◽

Hannah Arendt ◽

The Political ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Sphere ◽

Power And Powerlessness

Résumé. Prenant le contre-pied des critiques de l'œuvre d'Hannah Arendt lui reprochant de dépeindre des acteurs uniformes et superficiels et de promouvoir une sphère politique caractérisée par la vacuité, le présent article présente la pensée d'Arendt dans les termes d'une discussion continuelle sur le thème de la puissance et de l'impuissance, de la participation et de l'exclusion. De ce point de vue et malgré le mépris apparent de cette auteure pour la misère, l'article soutient qu'une préoccupation à l'égard de l'exclusion radicale est non seulement possible dans une perspective arendtienne, mais qu'elle est même requise.Abstract. Contrasting with critics of Hannah Arendt who assume that the political actors she describes are uniform and superficial, and the political sphere she promotes, empty, this article presents Arendt's thinking as an ongoing discussion on power and powerlessness, on participation and exclusion. From this standpoint and in spite of the author's apparent despise for misery, this article contends that, from an arendtian perspective, a concern for contemporary radical exclusion is not only possible, but required.

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Political Staff and the Gendered Division of Political Labour in Canada

Parliamentary Affairs ◽

10.1093/pa/gsy032 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 72 (3) ◽

pp. 616-637 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Feodor Snagovsky ◽

Matthew Kerby

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

House Of Commons ◽

Political Ambition ◽

Political Capacity ◽

Men And Women ◽

Administrative Roles ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Academic Knowledge ◽

Considerable Research ◽

Considerable Portion

AbstractWhile there is considerable research on elected legislators in a variety of contexts, the academic knowledge about their advisors is very limited. This is surprising, given a considerable portion of work attributed to legislators is performed by political staff. Further, political advising increasingly serves as a training ground for future politicians in many professionalised legislatures. We use a mixed-methods approach to understand how the influence of men and women differs in political advising positions in the case of Canada’s House of Commons, and how this may affect women’s political ambition. We demonstrate while close to an equal number of men and women work for MPs in a political capacity on Parliament Hill, men continue to dominate legislative roles while women continue to dominate administrative roles. Further, legislative work increases political ambition, which means more men benefit from the socialising effects of legislative work than women.

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