Issue definitions, the way policy issues are understood, are an important component for
understanding the policymaking process. Research on issue definitions has been divided …

The development of deliberative procedures raises a series of challenges for political
parties. Despite the recent development of fruitful theoretical insights and empirical …

Despite the central role of speech and debate in parliament, parliamentary speech has not
figured prominently on the scholarly agenda in contemporary political science. As Proksch …

Policy learning is an important concept in the study of policymaking, yet it is difficult to model
and empirically estimate. Additionally, work on policy learning has not fully drawn from the …

In an evolving deliberative system, a crucial question is how deliberation of ordinary citizens
differs from that of professional politicians. This study compares the deliberative capacity of …

This article analyses deliberative direct democracy. It asks whether ordinary citizens are
willing and able to deliberate and whether their participation in policy-making has the …

Who testifies on US trade agreements before Congress and what do they say? We examine
the content of Congressional testimony on US trade agreements, and the selection process …

In televised election debates, politicians confront each other side-by-side to publicly debate
their political viewpoints. As a result, these debates have the potential to promote reflective …

Die empirische Deliberationsforschung hat nach zögerlichem Start in den 1990er Jahren
einen wahren Boom erlebt: das philosophische Konstrukt des vernünftigen Dialogs wurde …

Are citizens or politicians (more) capable of deliberation, and when should they be willing to
do so? In this essay, we first show that both politicians and citizens have the capacity to …