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Discourse quality and political decisions: An empirical analysis of debates in the German conference committee

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Dieses Papier untersucht Einflüsse von Deliberation auf Entscheidungen im Kontext repräsentativer Politik. Es testet Hypothesen der deliberativen Demokratietheorie, dass eine hohe Diskursqualität Konsense wahrscheinlicher macht (formale Dimension einer Entscheidung) und distributiv gerechtere Resultate fördert (substanzielle Dimension einer Entscheidung). Die mehrheitlich quantitativen Analysen stützen sich auf Wortprotokolle mehrerer Debatten des deutschen Vermittlungsausschusses. Dafür werden Indikatoren entwickelt, die verschiedene Dimensionen diskursiver Politik operationalisieren und zu einem Diskursqualitätsindex (DQI) kombiniert werden können. Die empirischen Resultate zeigen, dass die generelle Diskursqualität einen eigenständigen positiven Effekt auf die formale Dimension einer Entscheidung hat. Hingegen ist die Diskursqualität praktisch ohne Einfluss auf die substanzielle Dimension einer Entscheidung, die fast ausschließlich von den Mehrheitsverhältnissen abhängt.

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  • Spörndli, Markus, 2003. "Discourse quality and political decisions: An empirical analysis of debates in the German conference committee," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Civil Society and Transnational Networks SP IV 2003-101, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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