Convergence on Crisis? Comparing Labour and Conservative Party Framing of the Economic Crisis in Britain, 2008-14

English, Patrick and Grasso, Maria T. and Buraczynska, Barbara and Karampampas, Sotirios and Temple, Luke (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

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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 systems. 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 assess whether or not we can detect any signs of this consensus breaking down as a result of the crisis and the 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.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Politics and Policy
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? great britainunited kingdomlabour partyconservative partyconvergencenew labourparty politicseconomic crisisgreat recessionfuzzy set analysisideal type analysispolitical changeneoliberalismneo‐liberalismcomparative political analysisframingsociology and po ??
ID Code:
147269
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Deposited On:
10 Sep 2020 12:50
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Yes
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Published
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