Electoral discourse analysis of state foreign policy development: exploring the party politicization of the Commonwealth in UK Westminster elections 1945-2010

Chaney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-0436 2013. Electoral discourse analysis of state foreign policy development: exploring the party politicization of the Commonwealth in UK Westminster elections 1945-2010. Contemporary Politics 19 (2) , pp. 203-220. 10.1080/13569775.2013.785831

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the policy discourse of the Commonwealth in Wales, UK general election manifestos 1945–2010. It reveals party politicization in the immediate post-war period underpinned by contrasts in policy framing and a Left–Right cleavage spanning a range of issues including immigration and development. A significant post-1970 decline in salience is shown to be accompanied by a shift from substantive to symbolic policy-making and cross-party convergence around residual policy frames whereby the Commonwealth is used to evoke past influence and a normative vision of international governance. This has wider significance for the present electoral discourse approach provides a transferable methodology to inform understanding of party dynamics and policy framing in the formative stage of international relations policy-making.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government J Political Science > JZ International relations
Uncontrolled Keywords:	party politicization, Commonwealth, issue-salience, framing, manifesto, UK
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1356-9775
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58350

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