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Manifesto Project Database https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/. Presented by Evgeniia Chirkova Milan, May 2013. Outline. The general purpose Dataset overview Types of variables used in dataset Calculation of Programmatic Data Variable Calculation of Programmatic Dimension Variable - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Manifesto Project
Databasehttps://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/
Presented by Evgeniia ChirkovaMilan, May 2013
Outline
The general purpose Dataset overview Types of variables used in dataset Calculation of Programmatic Data Variable Calculation of Programmatic Dimension Variable Example of Russian Parliamentary Elections in 2011
The general purpose of the project is…
to measure political preferences of parties across time and space
examines the quality of programmatic representation by comparing policy preferences of parties to the left-right self-placements of voters over time and across regime types through to the present
Dataset overview
Various free and competitive elections between 1920 – 2012
Data source: publicly available election statistics and content analyzed election programs
Number of countries: 55 Number of parties: 905 (gained at least 1 seat in the
parliament) Number of elections: 623
Types of variables usedIdentification Data Quality Electoral Programmatic
DataProgrammatic Dimension
Country Coder ID Percentage of votes gained
Type of program Rile (right-left)
Date of Elections
Manual/No Absolute number of seats gained by party
Dataset origin (updated or no)
Planned Economy
Party identification code
Code Year Total number of seats in the Parliament
Data entries: percentage of 56 categories grouped into seven major policy areas (“per”)
Market Economy
Welfare
Grouping of parties (parfam)
Test Result (test of reliability)
Percentage of uncoded sentences
International Peace
Total number of quasi sentences
To be explained further
The programmatic data variables with “per” notification are the relative share of statements for each category in relation to all statements in the manifesto. A “0.35” means that 0.35 percent of the manifesto were devoted to that category. Since this is a relative share, the scale can run between zero (no statement at all) and 100 (the whole manifesto is about this category)
The domains cover: 1. External relationships (“per” starting with 1)2. Freedom and democracy (“per” starting with 2)3. Political system (“per” starting with 3)4. Economy (“per” starting with 4)5. Welfare and quality of life (“per” starting with 5)6. Fabric of society (“per” starting with 6)7. Social groups (“per” starting with 7)
How to calculate Programmatic Data Variable
Overall - 56 categories
How to calculate Programmatic Dimension Variable
RILE (only variables starting with “per”) =(104+201+203+305+401+402+407+414+505+601+603+605+606) minus (103+105+106+107+ 403+404+406+412+413+504+506+701+202)
Planeco (only variables starting with “per”) = 403+404+412
Markeco (only variables starting with “per”) = 401+414
Welfare (only variables starting with “per”) = 503+504
International Peace (only variables starting with “per”) = 102+105+106
Example of Russian Parliamentary Election 2011 dataset
https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/elections/659
Hypothesis tested on Party Manifestos’ database
http://people.tamu.edu/~mtkoch/Cheney%20final.pdf