Representative claim-making

Abstract

Papers in this panel approach political representation through a claim-making lens. They study the claim-making activities of political representatives and political parties and analyse how these actors justify their claims to speak on behalf of particular constituents, such as ethno-linguistic groups in divided societies and youth. In the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic, special attention is devoted to the claim-making activities of both governing and opposition parties and how they attribute meaning, throughout their claim-making activities, to the 'general interest'.

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Co-ethnic, cross-ethnic or non-ethnic overarching claims? The political representation of ethno-linguistic groups in the Brussels Capital Region	View Paper Details
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Policy Priorities of Legislators	View Paper Details
The procedures of care – COVID-19 intervention in the process of reconstructing the meaning of political representation in Poland	View Paper Details