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(Re-)Framed: Controlling vs. Transforming - Understanding varying social policy crisis responses when comparing the Commision's policy framing during both the pandemic and the Euro crisis

Meschke, Denise LU (2022) STVM23 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Both the pandemic and Euro crisis posed social risks in terms of unemployment and poverty. Yet, we see a more socially focussed crisis response to the pandemic, whereas the Euro crisis mainly neglected social policy. My thesis asks in how far such social policy crisis response variation can be understood. Hitherto literature usually focusses on instiutionalist arguments that are unable to bridge structure and agency. In line with a few researchers, assuming that communicative aspects played a major role for variation, I conduct two framing analyses of the Commission’s communication, one for each crisis, since the Commission is the formal agenda-setter of the EU. I find that both Commission’s framings mirrow the policy responses, thereby... (More)
Both the pandemic and Euro crisis posed social risks in terms of unemployment and poverty. Yet, we see a more socially focussed crisis response to the pandemic, whereas the Euro crisis mainly neglected social policy. My thesis asks in how far such social policy crisis response variation can be understood. Hitherto literature usually focusses on instiutionalist arguments that are unable to bridge structure and agency. In line with a few researchers, assuming that communicative aspects played a major role for variation, I conduct two framing analyses of the Commission’s communication, one for each crisis, since the Commission is the formal agenda-setter of the EU. I find that both Commission’s framings mirrow the policy responses, thereby connecting hitherto structural arguments with agency. Although no direct causality is claimed, my framing analyses offer an understanding on how a political actor, such as the Commission influences EU policy-making by actively seeking to conceptualize events according to their own policy preferences, thereby translating externalities such as crises and structures into political action. (Less)
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author
Meschke, Denise LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
crisis, crisis response, social policy, economic policy, framing
language
English
id
9097355
date added to LUP
2022-10-04 13:13:51
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2022-10-04 13:13:51
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  abstract     = {{Both the pandemic and Euro crisis posed social risks in terms of unemployment and poverty. Yet, we see a more socially focussed crisis response to the pandemic, whereas the Euro crisis mainly neglected social policy. My thesis asks in how far such social policy crisis response variation can be understood. Hitherto literature usually focusses on instiutionalist arguments that are unable to bridge structure and agency. In line with a few researchers, assuming that communicative aspects played a major role for variation, I conduct two framing analyses of the Commission’s communication, one for each crisis, since the Commission is the formal agenda-setter of the EU. I find that both Commission’s framings mirrow the policy responses, thereby connecting hitherto structural arguments with agency. Although no direct causality is claimed, my framing analyses offer an understanding on how a political actor, such as the Commission influences EU policy-making by actively seeking to conceptualize events according to their own policy preferences, thereby translating externalities such as crises and structures into political action.}},
  author       = {{Meschke, Denise}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{(Re-)Framed: Controlling vs. Transforming - Understanding varying social policy crisis responses when comparing the Commision's policy framing during both the pandemic and the Euro crisis}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}