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Discourse quality and political decisions: an empirical analysis of debates in the German Conference Committee

Diskursqualität und politische Entscheidungen
[working paper]

Spörndli, Markus

Corporate Editor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

"This paper explores effects of deliberation on decisions in a context of representative politics. It tests claims of deliberative democratic theory that a high quality of discourse leads to more consensual decisions (formal outputs) and to policies that approximate normative ideals of distributive ... view more

"This paper explores effects of deliberation on decisions in a context of representative politics. It tests claims of deliberative democratic theory that a high quality of discourse leads to more consensual decisions (formal outputs) and to policies that approximate normative ideals of distributive justice (substantive outputs). The mostly quantitative empirical analyses are based on recorded debates of the German Conference Committee (Vermittlungsausschuss). To this end, indicators which operationalize diverse dimensions of discursive politics are developed and transformed into a discourse quality index (DQI). The results imply that discourse quality is a strong determinant of the formal outputs but is quite ineffective to counteract voting power in respect to the substantive outputs." (author's abstract)... view less


"Dieses Papier untersucht Einflüsse von Deliberation auf Entscheidungen im Kontext repräsentativer Politik. Es testet Hypothesen der deliberativen Demokratietheorie, dass eine hohe Diskursqualität Konsense wahrscheinlicher macht (formale Dimension einer Entscheidung) und distributiv gerechtere Resul... view more

"Dieses Papier untersucht Einflüsse von Deliberation auf Entscheidungen im Kontext repräsentativer Politik. Es testet Hypothesen der deliberativen Demokratietheorie, dass eine hohe Diskursqualität Konsense wahrscheinlicher macht (formale Dimension einer Entscheidung) und distributiv gerechtere Resultate fördert (substanzielle Dimension einer Entscheidung). Die mehrheitlich quantitativen Analysen stützen sich auf Wortprotokolle mehrerer Debatten des deutschen Vermittlungsausschusses. Dafür werden Indikatoren entwickelt, die verschiedene Dimensionen diskursiver Politik operationalisieren und zu einem Diskursqualitätsindex (DQI) kombiniert werden können. Die empirischen Resultate zeigen, dass die generelle Diskursqualität einen eigenständigen positiven Effekt auf die formale Dimension einer Entscheidung hat. Hingegen ist die Diskursqualität praktisch ohne Einfluss auf die substanzielle Dimension einer Entscheidung, die fast ausschließlich von den Mehrheitsverhältnissen abhängt." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
quality; Bundestag; political decision; discourse; Federal Republic of Germany; democracy; index; representation; parliamentary committee; decision making; political consulting; Bundesrat

Classification
Interpersonal Communication
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Method
qualitative empirical; empirical; quantitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2003

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
31 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Zivilgesellschaft, Konflikte und Demokratie, Abteilung Zivilgesellschaft und transnationale Netzwerke, 2003-101

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