Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda

Discourse network analysis (DNA) is a combination of network analysis and qualitative content analysis. DNA has been applied to various policy processes and debates to show how policy actors are related at the discursive level, complementing coordination relations among them that are often analysed...

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Main Author: Philip Leifeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2020-06-01
Series:Politics and Governance
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3249
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description Discourse network analysis (DNA) is a combination of network analysis and qualitative content analysis. DNA has been applied to various policy processes and debates to show how policy actors are related at the discursive level, complementing coordination relations among them that are often analysed in the application of the policy networks approach. This editorial takes stock of the theoretical and methodological research frontiers in DNA and summarises the contributions of the eleven articles in the thematic issue on “Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis” in Politics and Governance.
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spellingShingle Philip Leifeld
Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
Politics and Governance
content analysis
discourse network analysis
policy debate
policy process
public policy
social network analysis
title Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
title_full Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
title_fullStr Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
title_full_unstemmed Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
title_short Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis: A Research Agenda
title_sort policy debates and discourse network analysis a research agenda
topic content analysis
discourse network analysis
policy debate
policy process
public policy
social network analysis
url https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3249
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