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1 GGCRISI Issue list 1 2 to the codebook for Discursive Actor Attribution Analysis , Version This list of issue-codes refers to the codebook variable AISSUE (See page 56, Codebook for Discursive Actor Attribution Analysis). The Reason List for the variable REACONT1-6 (page 59, Codebook for Discursive Actor Attribution Analysis) works in analogy. 2 For the regrouping of the issue list, please refer to the codebook s appendix. 1

2 Contents Legality and rights... 3 Political culture and public sector... 3 Fiscal policy and taxation... 4 Economy, Economic policy (including regulation) and labor market policy... 5 Public budget and sovereign debt... 6 Budget discipline and fiscal control... 7 Social policy and pension policy... 7 European integration... 7 The crisis and national bankruptcy... 8 European crisis management and European bailout policy... 8 Debt refinancing... 8 Troika... 9 Public cuts and austerity... 9 Structural reform... 9 Crisis discourse... 9 Other policy fields... 9 Society, Social crisis and protest Banking, finance and its regulation Values: solidarity, democracy, justice Values: Sovereignty and nationalism Undefined: general politics Other

3 Legality and rights Legal regime see also policy areas Legal consequences, general Prosecution Constitution Constitutional rights Citizen rights Social rights Human rights Legal treaties Legislation, general Legality Political culture and public sector Functioning of governments/ institutions Negotiations Political participation Lobbying Public pressure and public demands Transparency Distribution/ allocation of resources Labor division Consensus Conflict Corruption/ bribery Misconduct Deception/ fraud Phoniness Clientilism Resignation Detraction, disparagement, traducing (in politics) Leading role/ role modelling State cooperation/ political cooperation Political interventionism Change (in politics), general Blackmail Partisanship Intransigence Information politics/ public communication Election fraud/ vote fixing Functioning of administration 3

4 Veto powers Federalism Centrism Corporatism Supra-nationalism Intergovernmentalism Interest representation Bureaucracy Institutional cooperation Accountability Transparency Legitimacy Clientilism Trust Trust against politics/ politicians Populism Corruption Work ethics Laziness Fear and anxiety Hopelessness Surrender Meritocracy Hypocrisy Naiveté/ ignorance Survival (Self) confidence (e.g. national) Totalitarianism Reliability Living beyond one s means Reputation/ prestige Pluralism Fiscal policy and taxation Fiscal policy Taxation general, other Fiscal law and bills Tax collection Tax evasion Capital yield tax Wealth tax/ rich people tax Business tax 4

5 Inheritance tax Added value tax Financial transaction tax Wage tax Bank levy/ Bankensteuer Property tax Indirect taxation, general Economy, Economic policy (including regulation) and labor market policy Economic policy ( see austerity policy and economy concepts ) Competition policy Trade policy Deregulation of trade Interventions into the economy, general Economic regulation Nationalization/ Verstaatlichung Privatization and privatization law Regulation of financial trade Regulation of financial products Countercyclical interventions and other Keynesian policies Public investments and economic stimulus/ investment general Labor market policy Labor market law / bill (Public) wage policy Labour rights Public sector employment Ancillary wage costs/ Lohnnebenkosten Flexibilisation of labor market regulation Minimum wage Apprenticeship and internship Implementation of regulations Privatization Protection against market attacks Economic war/ economic aggression Monetary policy, general Keynesianism/ counter-cyclical policies Economy / market Inflation 5

6 Economic balance / general Wages The labor market Productivity Competitiveness Trade Balance Exports Imports Economic growth General prosperity Prosperity of specific section of the economy Real estate/ housing Economic recovery Consumption Exchange rate Currency stability Interest rate Liberalization Economization Free market (Economic) exploitation Technological change and (economic) innovation Self-subsistence/ do-it-yourself economy Alternative economic models Contract reliability Direct foreign investments Recession Devaluation (of currency) Capitalism Neoliberalism Marxism/ socialism Households/ household economy Household debt Consumption Household saving Spending capacity/ purchasing power Public budget and sovereign debt Sovereign debt (Public) deficit Budget policy Liquidity 6

7 Creditworthiness Public debt control Fiscal discipline/ fiscal convergence criteria Public debt Budget discipline and fiscal control Sanction mechanisms Supervision and control mechanisms surveillance (External) supervision of reforms and of saving efforts Consolidation of household/ budget Household discipline State bonds/ treasure bonds Social policy and pension policy Social policy and welfare Social policy law/ bill Public spending, general Social security benefits Public insurance (unemployment etc.) Redistribution Pensions Pension policy Pension funds Public insurances funds European integration European integration European monetary integration / Eurozone integration Membership of country in Eurozone Monetary integration Political integration Fiscal integration Social integration Economic integration Banking union European common identity/ solidarity Finalite of European integration/ vision of future Europe Membership of country in EU 7

8 Collapse/ dissolution of the Eurozone The crisis and national bankruptcy Eurozone crisis Debt crisis/ fiscal crisis Economic crisis Chain reactions/ contagion National bankruptcy/ default Exit from the Eurozone European crisis management and European bailout policy Eurozone crisis management, general EFSF (European Financial Stability Fund) Bail out packages Negotiation on conditions for bail out packages EFSM (European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism) EMF (European Monetary Fund) ESM (European Stability Mechanism) European Fiscal Compact Euro Plus Pact (Competitiveness Pact or Pact for the Euro) Eurobonds No bail-out clause Stimulus and liquidity assistance Stability and Growth Pact Sixpack (reform of Stability and Growth Pact/macroeconomic surveillance) Bail out policies Systemic relevance/ too big to fail - policy Moral hazard/ free rider situations MIP (Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure) Debt refinancing Debt limit/ Schuldenbremse Debt refinancing/ Umschuldung Deposit haircut/ Teilenteignung von Spareinlagen Debt relief/ Schuldenerlass / Schuldenbremse Loans/ loan policy Repayment of debts 8

9 Troika Troika Memorandum (content) Troika report Public cuts and austerity Austerity policy/ public saving general Cuts, general/ austerity, general Structural reform Structural adjustment reforms Reform of institutional control and coordination Reforms Crisis discourse Crisis discourse/ reporting on the crisis and on crisis countries Systemic necessity/ lack of alternatives Other policy fields Domestic policy Public order National security Policing Education and research Migration and asylum Tourism Culture and sports Industry and technology Structural policy and regional politics Infrastructure Family and gender Justice policy 9

10 Foreign affairs and international security Defense policy Society, Social crisis and protest Situation, development in society Economic situation, general Employment Poverty Economic inequality Economic pressure Wealth Standard of living Social cohesion, general Welfare Public health Homelessness Burden distribution, general Burden distribution, generations Burden distribution, classes Socio-political behavior Social behavior/ collective behavior Protest/ contention Social unrest Social conflict/ indignation Resistance Insurrection Political violence Obedience Passivity and disenchantment Frustration Moral decay (Political) awareness Criminality Racism and right wing extremism Terrorism Humanitarian disaster Fascism Racism Nationalism Xenophobia Malnutrition Starvation 10

11 Left wing extremism Community Religion/ faith Christianity Anti-semitism Banking, finance and its regulation Banks/ banking Bank crisis Support for bank(s) Nationalization of bank(s)/ bail outs Regulating banks Supervision of banks Behavior of bank(s), general Loan policy of bank(s) Size of bank(s) Power of bank(s) Stability of bank(s) Borrowing/ lending practices Behavior of bankers, general Bonus payments Stress test Role of central bank Decisions/ behavior of central bank Volume of money in circulation/ printing money Supporting countries/ buying bonds Interest rate policy Companies and industries Behavior of companies Power of companies Rating agencies Behavior of rating agencies Power of rating agencies Financial markets/ finance Globalization of financial markets Financial crisis Regulation of financial trade Regulation of financial products Financial transaction tax (Financial) speculation Monetarism Size of companies 11

12 Values: solidarity, democracy, justice Solidarity Democracy Social cohesion Identity Unity Equality Dignity/ national pride Sacrifices by the people or the nation Injustice to childrens future/ intergenerational justice Justice Freedom Tolerance Values: Sovereignty and nationalism Sovereignty/ national sovereignty National interest Undefined: general politics Polity general (institutional political system) Political decision rules Implementation of policies, regulations and reforms Political integration, general Policy areas Other Elections Referendum Emergency situation Decadence Culture and values 12

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