How is the parliamentary discourse shaping narratives: The case of the Serbian Parliament

This paper explores the messages related to identity narratives in the speeches of the Members of Parliament (MP) of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. By analyzing different way of framing of identity narratives promoted in the Serbian Parliament by the opposition MPs and MPs from the parliamentary majority, as well as the frequency of different identity narratives, the paper seeks to capture diverse, and often competitive identity narratives coming from the main political parties. Moreover, the paper seeks to assess to what extent these narratives corelate with the official political programs of their respective political parties. For this purpose, the paper will focus on qualitative content analysis on a sample of speeches from three convocations of the Serbian Parliament, to compare and assess any potential changes and trends in the dominant narratives. These finding will also contribute to our understanding of the quality of parliamentary representation in the Serbian Parliament. The aim of the paper is to map and conceptualize the structure and type of key messages related to identity narratives that are being promoted by different MPs through the Serbian Parliament.