Sven‐oliver Proksch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4372134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven‐oliver Proksch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven‐oliver |
| FAMILY NAME | Proksch |
| SIGNATURE | PROKSCH S O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cologne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 652 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Multilingual Sentiment Analysis: A New Approach to Measuring Conflict in Legislative Speeches
Comparative scholars of legislative politics continue to face the challenge of measuring a key theoretical concept: conflict at the level of legislative bills. We address this challenge with a multilingual sentiment‐based approach and show that such a measure can effectively capture different types of parliamentary conflict. We also demonstrate that an automated translation of the dictionary yields valid results and therefore greatly facilitates …
Parliamentary Questions, Oversight, and National Opposition Status intheEuropeanParliament
This study examines when and why members of theEuropeanParliament (EP) use parliamentary questions as a form of fire alarm oversight. We argue that the multilevel nature of theEUpolitical system allows members of theEPfrom national opposition parties to use parliamentary questions to alert theEuropean Commission to governments' failures to implementEUpolicy. Representation in theEPprovides the only avenue for such oversight for national oppositio…
Institutional Foundations of Legislative Speech
Participation in legislative debates is among the most visible activities of members of parliament (MPs), yet debates remain an understudied form of legislative behavior. This study introduces a comparative theory of legislative speech with two major implications. First, party rules for debates are endogenous to strategic considerations and will favor either party leadership control or backbencher MP exposure. Second, in some systems, backbencher…
A Scaling Model for Estimating Time‐Series Party Positions from Texts
Recent advances in computational content analysis have provided scholars promising new ways for estimating party positions. However, existing text‐based methods face challenges in producing valid and reliable time‐series data. This article proposes a scaling algorithm called WORDFISH to estimate policy positions based on word frequencies in texts. The technique allows researchers to locate parties in one or multiple elections. We demonstrate the …
The Art of Political Manipulation in the European Convention
We argue that the success of the European Convention in producing a Constitutional Treaty was possible because of the agenda control exercised by the Praesidium and in particular its President. Given that even Intergovernmental Conferences despite months of preparations sometimes fail to produce any results, the failure of negotiations in the Convention was a distinct possibility. Another serious possibility would have been an ‘anarchic’ document…
A Scaling Model for Estimating Time‐Series Party Positions from Texts
Recent advances in computational content analysis have provided scholars promising new ways for estimating party positions. However, existing text‐based methods face challenges in producing valid and reliable time‐series data. This article proposes a scaling algorithm called WORDFISH to estimate policy positions based on word frequencies in texts. The technique allows researchers to locate parties in one or multiple elections. We demonstrate the …
Institutional Foundations of Legislative Speech
Participation in legislative debates is among the most visible activities of members of parliament (MPs), yet debates remain an understudied form of legislative behavior. This study introduces a comparative theory of legislative speech with two major implications. First, party rules for debates are endogenous to strategic considerations and will favor either party leadership control or backbencher MP exposure. Second, in some systems, backbencher…
Multilingual Sentiment Analysis: A New Approach to Measuring Conflict in Legislative Speeches
Comparative scholars of legislative politics continue to face the challenge of measuring a key theoretical concept: conflict at the level of legislative bills. We address this challenge with a multilingual sentiment‐based approach and show that such a measure can effectively capture different types of parliamentary conflict. We also demonstrate that an automated translation of the dictionary yields valid results and therefore greatly facilitates …
Parliamentary Questions, Oversight, and National Opposition Status intheEuropeanParliament
This study examines when and why members of theEuropeanParliament (EP) use parliamentary questions as a form of fire alarm oversight. We argue that the multilevel nature of theEUpolitical system allows members of theEPfrom national opposition parties to use parliamentary questions to alert theEuropean Commission to governments' failures to implementEUpolicy. Representation in theEPprovides the only avenue for such oversight for national oppositio…
The Art of Political Manipulation in the European Convention
We argue that the success of the European Convention in producing a Constitutional Treaty was possible because of the agenda control exercised by the Praesidium and in particular its President. Given that even Intergovernmental Conferences despite months of preparations sometimes fail to produce any results, the failure of negotiations in the Convention was a distinct possibility. Another serious possibility would have been an ‘anarchic’ document…
The Art of Political Manipulation in the European Convention
We argue that the success of the European Convention in producing a Constitutional Treaty was possible because of the agenda control exercised by the Praesidium and in particular its President. Given that even Intergovernmental Conferences despite months of preparations sometimes fail to produce any results, the failure of negotiations in the Convention was a distinct possibility. Another serious possibility would have been an ‘anarchic’ document…
A Scaling Model for Estimating Time‐Series Party Positions from Texts
Recent advances in computational content analysis have provided scholars promising new ways for estimating party positions. However, existing text‐based methods face challenges in producing valid and reliable time‐series data. This article proposes a scaling algorithm called WORDFISH to estimate policy positions based on word frequencies in texts. The technique allows researchers to locate parties in one or multiple elections. We demonstrate the …
Institutional Foundations of Legislative Speech
Participation in legislative debates is among the most visible activities of members of parliament (MPs), yet debates remain an understudied form of legislative behavior. This study introduces a comparative theory of legislative speech with two major implications. First, party rules for debates are endogenous to strategic considerations and will favor either party leadership control or backbencher MP exposure. Second, in some systems, backbencher…
Parliamentary Questions, Oversight, and National Opposition Status intheEuropeanParliament
This study examines when and why members of theEuropeanParliament (EP) use parliamentary questions as a form of fire alarm oversight. We argue that the multilevel nature of theEUpolitical system allows members of theEPfrom national opposition parties to use parliamentary questions to alert theEuropean Commission to governments' failures to implementEUpolicy. Representation in theEPprovides the only avenue for such oversight for national oppositio…
Multilingual Sentiment Analysis: A New Approach to Measuring Conflict in Legislative Speeches
Comparative scholars of legislative politics continue to face the challenge of measuring a key theoretical concept: conflict at the level of legislative bills. We address this challenge with a multilingual sentiment‐based approach and show that such a measure can effectively capture different types of parliamentary conflict. We also demonstrate that an automated translation of the dictionary yields valid results and therefore greatly facilitates …
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computational and Text Analysis Methods (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)