Sentience and salience – exploring the party politicization of animal welfare in multi-level electoral systems: Analysis of manifesto discourse in UK meso elections 1998–2017

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-09 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1853105

Paul Chaney, I. Jones, Ralph Fevre

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ABSTRACT This study explores the party politicization of animal welfare in the context of multi-level governance in the UK. It examines over 1300 pledges in party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections 1998–2017. It reveals the nature of party competition, including increasing salience over electoral cycles. This is complemented by examination of the party dynamics in two sub-fields: wildlife protection and farm animal welfare. The wider significance of this study lies in showing how the move to multi-level electoral politics provides new political spaces to advance animal welfare and how meso-ballots are increasingly attuned to the symbiosis of humans and animals. These factors are driving the territorialization of policy and leading to distinctive animal welfare regimes in the different countries of the UK. In addition, partisan theory reveals how the electoral politics of animal welfare varies between sub-fields and is shaped by parties’ relationships with different policy communities.

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情感与显著性——探索多层次选举制度中动物福利的政党政治化：1998–2017年英国中期选举宣言话语分析

摘要本研究探讨了在英国多层次治理的背景下，动物福利的政党政治化。它考察了1998年至2017年苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰选举的政党宣言中的1300多项承诺。它揭示了政党竞争的本质，包括在选举周期中日益突出。此外，还对党在两个子领域的动态进行了审查：野生动物保护和农场动物福利。这项研究的更广泛意义在于展示了向多层次选举政治的转变如何为促进动物福利提供新的政治空间，以及中间派选票如何越来越适应人类和动物的共生关系。这些因素推动了政策的属地化，并在英国不同国家形成了独特的动物福利制度。此外，党派理论揭示了动物福利的选举政治如何在不同的子领域之间变化，并由政党与不同政策群体的关系决定。

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