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Interpreting Hashtag Politics

Policy Ideas in an Era of Social Media

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Stephen Jeffares

    1. School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Policy Ideas and Hashtag Politics

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 1-11

  3. Theorising Policy Ideas

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 12-25

  4. The Lifecycle of Policy Ideas

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 26-44

  5. Identifying Policy Viewpoints

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 45-67

  6. Social Media and Policy Practices

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 68-84

  7. Capturing the Digital Footprint of Policy Discussion

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 85-111

  8. Interpreting Social Media Data

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 112-134

  9. The Future of Hashtag Politics

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 135-146

  10. Appendix

    • Stephen Jeffares
    Pages 147-160

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 161-184
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About this book

Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an increasingly mediatised to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK

    Stephen Jeffares

About the author

Stephen Jeffares is a lecturer at INLOGOV, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham UK. He is co-author of Hybrid Governance with Chris Skelcher and Helen Sullivan. His work draws on text analytics and Q methodology to understand changing debates surrounding public policy and public services.

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