Public policy for non-humans: exploring UK state-wide parties' formative policy record on animal welfare, 1979-2010

Chaney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-0436 2014. Public policy for non-humans: exploring UK state-wide parties' formative policy record on animal welfare, 1979-2010. Parliamentary Affairs 67 (4) , pp. 907-934. 10.1093/pa/gss108

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Abstract

This study uses mixed methods to explore the issue salience and policy framing of animal welfare in UK state-wide parties' Westminster election manifestos and parliamentary Early Day Motions. Over the past three decades there has been a gradual increase in salience, accompanied by a Left–Right cleavage. The latter is a function of contrasting framing practices and levels of political prioritisation. The Left exhibits a greater general propensity to advance animal welfare measures, whilst the Right is more reliant on the actions of individual MPs. Overall this study confirms that the status of animal welfare as a policy issue remains ‘fragile’; whilst no longer excluded from party programmes, significant further work remains before it is fully mainstreamed into the formative phase of policy-making in UK electoral politics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Additional Information:	“This article has been accepted for publication in Parliamentary Affairs. Published by Oxford University Press”.
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0031-2290
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2024 20:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58356

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