Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland
Politicians are expressing increasing support for deliberative practices around the world. However, knowledge about their actions beyond expressing support is scarce. To address this gap in the literature, this article aims to explain why politicians do not pick up the results arising from deliberat...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:304552 2023-10-09T21:52:39+02:00 Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland Pálsdóttir, Valgerður Björk Gherghina, Sergiu Tap, Paul 2023-09-09 text https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/304552/ https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/304552/1/304552.pdf en eng SAGE Publications https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/304552/1/304552.pdf Pálsdóttir, V. B., Gherghina, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/37306.html> and Tap, P. (2023) Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland. Political Studies Review <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Political_Studies_Review.html>, (doi:10.1177/14789299231197157 <https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299231197157>) (Early Online Publication) cc_by_4 Articles PeerReviewed 2023 ftuglasgow 2023-09-14T22:09:29Z Politicians are expressing increasing support for deliberative practices around the world. However, knowledge about their actions beyond expressing support is scarce. To address this gap in the literature, this article aims to explain why politicians do not pick up the results arising from deliberative practices and integrate them into their policies. Our analysis focuses on the 2019 deliberation in Iceland as the most likely case in which we would expect such a process to occur. We use original data from 25 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2021 with Icelandic MPs elected at the national level, which also cover all the party leaders of the eight parliamentary parties in the 2017–2021 term in office. The reflexive thematic analysis finds that, irrespective of their ideological affiliation, politicians are critical of deliberative practices both in procedural and substantive terms. They display a strong belief that political representation achieved through elections must be the rule of the democratic game. As such, deliberation is considered redundant since citizens already have many ways to participate in representative democracy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications |
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Politicians are expressing increasing support for deliberative practices around the world. However, knowledge about their actions beyond expressing support is scarce. To address this gap in the literature, this article aims to explain why politicians do not pick up the results arising from deliberative practices and integrate them into their policies. Our analysis focuses on the 2019 deliberation in Iceland as the most likely case in which we would expect such a process to occur. We use original data from 25 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2021 with Icelandic MPs elected at the national level, which also cover all the party leaders of the eight parliamentary parties in the 2017–2021 term in office. The reflexive thematic analysis finds that, irrespective of their ideological affiliation, politicians are critical of deliberative practices both in procedural and substantive terms. They display a strong belief that political representation achieved through elections must be the rule of the democratic game. As such, deliberation is considered redundant since citizens already have many ways to participate in representative democracy. |
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Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland |
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Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland |
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https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/304552/1/304552.pdf Pálsdóttir, V. B., Gherghina, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/37306.html> and Tap, P. (2023) Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland. Political Studies Review <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Political_Studies_Review.html>, (doi:10.1177/14789299231197157 <https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299231197157>) (Early Online Publication) |
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