Locating TDs in policy spaces: The computational text analysis of Dáil speeches
This article adapts a new technique for the computerised analysis of political texts, previously used to analyse party manifestos, to the analysis of speeches made in a legislature. The benefits of computerised text analysis come from the ability to analyse, for the first time, complex and daunting...
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Main Authors: | LAVER, Michael, BENOIT, Kenneth |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2002
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4008 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5266/viewcontent/Locating_TDs_in_policy_spaces_av.pdf |
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