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Punctuations and Turning Points in British Politics: The Policy Agenda of the Queen’s Speech, 1940–2005

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  • John, Peter
  • Jennings, Will

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This article explores the politics of attention in Britain from 1940 to 2005. It uses the Speech from the Throne (the King’s or Queen’s Speech) at the state opening of each session of parliament as a measure of the government’s priorities, which is coded according to topic as categorized by the Policy Agendas framework. The article aims to advance understanding of a core aspect of the political agenda in Britain, offering empirical insights on established theories, claims and narratives about post-war British politics and policy making. The analysis uses both distributional and time-series tests that reveal the punctuated character of the political agenda in Britain and its increasing fragmentation over time, with turning points observed in 1964 and 1991.

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  • John, Peter & Jennings, Will, 2010. "Punctuations and Turning Points in British Politics: The Policy Agenda of the Queen’s Speech, 1940–2005," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 40(3), pages 561-586, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:40:y:2010:i:03:p:561-586_99
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    1. Roman Senninger, 2017. "Issue expansion and selective scrutiny – how opposition parties used parliamentary questions about the European Union in the national arena from 1973 to 2013," European Union Politics, , vol. 18(2), pages 283-306, June.
    2. Tracey Bark, 2021. "Information provision as agenda setting: A study of bureaucracy's role in higher education policy," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(2), pages 408-427, April.
    3. Frank M Häge, 2016. "Political attention in the Council of the European Union: A new dataset of working party meetings, 1995–2014," European Union Politics, , vol. 17(4), pages 683-703, December.
    4. Tao Peng & Tom Christensen & Liu Yihong & Chu Chun, 2024. "Power Structure, Issue Priorities and Attention Dynamics of Leaders from 2001 to 2017 in China," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 351-368, March.

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