Polarization in Parliamentary Speach

Jon H. Fiva, O. Nedregård, Henning Øien
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We study political polarization in a parliamentary setting dominated by strong parties. In addition to examining polarization along the left-right dimension, we consider political divergence between legislators belonging to the same political bloc. Are politicians’ background characteristics unimportant when parties have powerful tools to discipline their rank-and-file? We investigate this question using legislative speech from the Norwegian Parliament and recently developed techniques for measuring group differences in high-dimensional choices. Across the background characteristics we consider — gender, age, urbanicity, and class background — we document substantial differences in speech, even when comparing legislators from the same party bloc and policy committee. Our results illuminate how individual legislators shape policymaking in party-centered environments.
议会演讲中的两极分化
我们研究由强大政党主导的议会环境中的政治两极分化。除了考察左右两极化之外,我们还考虑了属于同一政治集团的立法者之间的政治分歧。当政党有强大的工具来约束其普通党员时,政治家的背景特征就不重要了吗?我们使用挪威议会的立法演讲和最近开发的测量高维选择群体差异的技术来研究这个问题。在我们考虑的背景特征中——性别、年龄、城市化程度和阶级背景——我们记录了讲话的实质性差异,即使是在比较来自同一政党集团和政策委员会的立法者时也是如此。我们的研究结果阐明了个别立法者如何在以政党为中心的环境中塑造政策制定。
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