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Conceptual Explorations around “Politics” : Thematizing the Activity of Politics in the Plenary Debates of the German Bundestag (2021)

Palonen, K. (2021). Conceptual Explorations around “Politics” : Thematizing the Activity of Politics in the Plenary Debates of the German Bundestag. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 16(1), 16-39. https://doi.org/10.3167/choc.2021.160102

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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Palonen, Kari

Lehti tai sarja: Contributions to the History of Concepts

ISSN: 1807-9326

eISSN: 1874-656X

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Ilmestymispäivä: 01.06.2021

Volyymi: 16

Lehden numero: 1

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 16-39

Kustantaja: Berghahn Books

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/choc.2021.160102

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This article discusses the ways of conceptualizing politics in parliamentary debates. When the politics vocabulary is ubiquitous in them, which kind of speech act lies in emphasizing the political aspect? Focusing on thematized uses allows us to identify conceptual revisions in the politics vocabulary in digitalized plenary debates of the German Bundestag from 1949 to 2017. My fourfold scheme for conceptualizing politics (polity, policy, politicization, politicking) provides the analytical apparatus. The units of analysis in this study are compound words around politics written as single words, a German language specialty. Their frequency has remarkably risen in the Bundestag debates, and the search engine can easily find them. This research interest allows me to speculate with changes in the understanding and appreciation of politics in postwar (West)Germany.

YSO-asiasanat: käsitehistoria; leksikologia; saksan kieli; uudissanat; yhdyssanat; politiikka; politisoituminen; parlamentit

Vapaat asiasanat: Bundestag; compound words; digitalization; parliamentary debates; policy; politicization; politicking; politics; polity

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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 2