Ideological Talk, Strategic Vote
German Parties’ Positions on the Military Intervention in Afghanistan in Parliament
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6263045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerio Vignoli (0000-0002-7893-1433), Falk Ostermann (0000-0002-6775-5526), Wolfgang Wagner (0000-0001-5191-2470) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 784-806 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644008.2022.2137497 |
| OpenAlex | W4306893268 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 48 |
Existing literature has examined party positions on military interventions across various countries, mostly using manifestos and expert surveys as sources of data. This article employs a different approach by analysing German parties’ positions on one mission only: the Afghanistan intervention (2001-2021). We extract positions from parliamentary speeches through the automated text scaling method Wordfish and from voting data, and we compare MPs’ speeches with their voting behaviour. We find that centrist parties were more in favour of the intervention than radical parties at the fringes. We also note a strong government/opposition divide, which is more pronounced in voting as both government and opposition parties have more incentives to act strategically. Surprisingly, we find little evidence of differences in positioning across missions. In addition to being the first comprehensive assessment of parties’ positions on the intervention in Afghanistan in any country, this article offers a methodological contribution to the study of the party politics of peace and security operations
Economics · German · Ideology · Incentive · Intervention (counseling · Opposition (politics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · Voting · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |