@article {27417,
	title = {The future is (ever) promising: Elected representatives\&rsquo; promises in routine parliamentary discourse},
	journal = {Party Politics},
	year = {2024},
	abstract = {This study investigates how elected representatives make promises to the electorate as part of their routine, everyday parliamentary discourse. Departing from the dominant focus on pre-election pledges in existing scholarship, we examine how representatives{\textquoteright} practices of making promises vary systematically over time (before/after elections/mid-term), by government role (government/opposition), party membership (catch-all/identity-based parties), and addressed electorate (inclusive/exclusive). Drawing upon research in speech acts, political discourse, and corpus pragmatics, we employ manual and computational text analysis on session transcripts from the Israeli parliament to identify variations in representatives{\textquoteright} use of direct or indirect action promises (N = 709), expressing different orientations of commitment. Documenting that promises continue to be prevalent after elections (especially among coalition members), we argue that the practices of making promises fulfill a critical role in representation that extends far beyond the election campaign, maintaining continuous accountability throughout the electoral cycle.},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688241276774},
	author = {Avital Zalik and Baden, Christian}
}
