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Manifesto Project Database https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/

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

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Manifesto Project Database https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/

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  1. Manifesto Project Databasehttps://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/ Presented by EvgeniiaChirkova Milan, May 2013

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. To be explained further Types of variables used

  6. How to calculate Programmatic Data Variable • 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: • External relationships (“per” starting with 1) • Freedom and democracy (“per” starting with 2) • Political system (“per” starting with 3) • Economy (“per” starting with 4) • Welfare and quality of life (“per” starting with 5) • Fabric of society (“per” starting with 6) • Social groups (“per” starting with 7) Overall - 56 categories

  7. 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

  8. Example of Russian Parliamentary Election 2011 dataset https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/elections/659

  9. Hypothesis tested on Party Manifestos’ database http://people.tamu.edu/~mtkoch/Cheney%20final.pdf

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