Moving beyond the dominant bag-of-words approach to sentiment analysis we introduce an alternative procedure based on distributed word embeddings. The strength of embeddings is ability capture similarities in meaning. We use as part a supervised machine learning which estimates levels negativity parliamentary speeches. procedure's accuracy evaluated with crowdcoded training sentences; its external validity through study patterns Austrian results show potential for social sciences.

Sentiment is important in studies of news values, public opinion, negative campaigning or political polarization and an explosive expansion digital textual data fast progress automated text analysis provide vast opportunities for innovative social science research. Unfortunately, tools currently available sentiment are mostly restricted to English texts require considerable contextual adaption produce valid results. We present a procedure collecting fine-grained scores through crowdcoding...

Electoral manifestos play a crucial role in visions of party democracy and political science analyses competition. While research has focused on the contents manifestos, we know much less about how parties produce roles they take campaigns. This paper identifies three campaign-related functions manifestos: provide compendium valid positions, streamline campaign, are used as campaign material. Based characteristics candidates, then derives expectations candidates may differ attributing...

This article analyses constituency campaigning and personalization when electoral system party organizational incentives conflict. Providing the first study of candidate campaign behaviour in Austria we show that a sizeable number candidates national elections engage personalized rather than party-centred campaigns. Focussing on behavioural indicators 'personalized' campaigning, find individual motivation resources play an important role how conduct their Factors such as experience political...

Abstract For all their differences, both Austria and Switzerland have long been considered to represent key examples of consociational democracy. Since the 1990s, countries however faced major challenges respective consociationalist regimes. One shared features regime evolution change in Switzerland, which can be meaningfully referred as ‘de‐consociationalisation’, concerns successful exploitation external shocks by powerful populist parties. Taking stock developments four different areas...

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In democracies with multi-party competition, government parties face a dual challenge in election campaigns: on the one hand, they have to compete against and criticize their coalition partners. On other should avoid virulent attacks partners preserve chances of future collaboration government. Going beyond dichotomous operationalization negative campaigning, this manuscript analyses tonality volume campaigning. Studying 3030 party press releases four national Austrian campaigns, different...

This paper examines the validity of three approaches to estimate party positions on general left-right and EU dimensions. We newly introduce elite data from comprehensive IntUne survey cross-validate it with existing expert manifesto data. The estimates generated by elites experts show a higher congruence than those derived manifestos; neither measure clearly materializes as more valid regarding positions. identify which factors explain diverging estimates. For instance, disagreement among...

By mid-2003, the legal orders (the entire bodies of legislation in force) three EU member states – Austria , Denmark, and The Netherlands contained between 10.5 14.2 per cent rules devoted to transposition directives. Only a few ministerial jurisdictions contain more than 20 Europeanized rules. show remarkable differences use parliamentary versus delegated as means transposition. comparison cases tentatively suggests that different traditions involvement affairs are important factors account...

This article addresses the scope of legal Europeanization with regard to Austria, a 1995 accession country. Depending on choice among several plausible indicators Europeanization, relative impact EU varies greatly. The share EU-related legislation peaked in pre-accession period when most acquis communautaire needed be adopted. In membership period, that relates accounts for almost 25 per cent enactments. Although government decrees outnumber laws as means transposition, rules constitute much...

We study how partisanship influences the perception of directed campaign statements varying polarity and sentiment strength. Using a crowdsourced survey experiment with German participants, we find asymmetrical perceptual biases. Partisan respondents perceive negative campaigning from or about party they favour, as less than non-partisans. The discounting effect applies particularly for voters stronger preferences messages that are more strongly negative. only weakly influence neutral...

Abstract Though negativity in political debates influences citizens’ attitudes towards legislative institutions, research on how Members of Parliaments (MPs) use negative language remains scant. This study shows the gender speakers and context influence level parliamentary speeches. We argue that female MPs less than male colleagues due to differences socialisation stereotypical expectations. Applying sentiment analysis with word embeddings 20 years plenary speeches Austrian parliament, we...

Der Wechsel von der SPO-OVP-Koalition zur OVP-FPO-Koalition brachte die FPO in Regierung, SPO Opposition und OVP Position groseren Regierungspartei. Handelt es sich dabei um einen Demokratie ublichen Rollentausch einzelner Parteien oder grundlegenden Systemwandel Konsensdemokratie vergangener Perioden hin zu einer Konflikt- Mehrheitsdemokratie? Diese beiden Thesen sind keine strikten Alternativen, da ein Rollenwechsel objektiv stattgefunden hat. Sie werden auf Basis objektiver...

Austrian politics in 2019 was dominated by a series of dramatic events. The publication scandalous video the Freedom Party Austria/Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) – Die Freiheitlichen party leader and deputy government Heinz-Christian Strache May led to break-up right-wing ÖVP–FPÖ coalition headed Federal Chancellor People's Party/Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) Sebastian Kurz. resulting ÖVP minority Cabinet toppled week later first ever successful parliamentary no-confidence vote....

Geschlossenes Verhalten von parlamentarischen Fraktionen kann daraus resultieren, dass die ihnen angehorenden Abgeordneten in ihren Praferenzen ubereinstimmen oder daraus, sie jeweiligen Parteien zu einem einheitlichen bewegt werden („Fraktionszwang”). sind nur dann wirklich stark, wenn das der Parteilinie entspricht, individuellen aber widerspricht. Auf Basis einer empirischen Erhebung zum Nationalrat XX. Gesetzgebungsperiode (1996–1999) zeigen wir, es innerhalb einzelnen erhebliche...