Political culture and incentives to penal populism.

Autor/in	Green, David A.
Titel	Political culture and incentives to penal populism. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Politische Kultur und Anreize zu kriminalpolitischem Populismus.
Quelle	Aus: Kury, Helmut (Hrsg.): Fear of crime - punitivity. New developments in theory and research. Bochum: Brockmeyer (2008) S. 251-276Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Crime and crime policy. 3
Beigaben	Abbildungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-8196-0695-3
Schlagwörter	Kind; Demokratie; Innere Sicherheit; Kriminalpolitik; Politische Kultur; Populismus; Tötungsdelikt; Öffentliche Meinung; Großbritannien; Norwegen
Abstract	"Differences in political culture, or in ways of doing politics, help to account for differences in national appetites for punishment. The distinction between majoritarian and consensus democracy is explored in this chapter by comparing responses to two child-an-child homicides from the 1990s - the James Bulger case in England and the Silje Redergard case in Norway. In England, politicians had incentives to politicise the Bulger case, and were pressed to act demonstrably and swiftly by emotive and condemnatory press coverage. The Labour Party rhetorically enlisted the Bulger case in order to indicate its new and tougher approach to law and order and to make the party more electable in the face of rising public concern about crime. Simplistic tabloid rhetoric went largely unchallenged by political leaders, and the public's press-fuelled fears about crime were legitimated by traditionally left-leaning politicians eager to distance themselves from elite expertise. These responses contrast with those to the Norwegian case, none of which appear to be politically motivated. The consensual nature of Norwegian politics seems to have decreased incentives to politicise the Redergard homicide in the ways seen in England. Explanations for differing levels of cultural and political enthusiasm for punishment are not complete until the implications of political culture are fully considered. " (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2009/2