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The EES 2009 & PIREDEU In search of a more ‘permanent’ solution

The EES 2009 & PIREDEU In search of a more ‘permanent’ solution. Jill Wittrock University of Oxford APSA Short Course Toronto, Canada 2 September 2009. What is PIREDEU?. ‘Providing an Infrastructure for Research on Electoral Democracy in Europe’

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The EES 2009 & PIREDEU In search of a more ‘permanent’ solution

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  1. The EES 2009 & PIREDEUIn search of a more ‘permanent’ solution Jill Wittrock University of Oxford APSA Short Course Toronto, Canada 2 September 2009

  2. What is PIREDEU? • ‘Providing an Infrastructure for Research on Electoral Democracy in Europe’ • Feasibility study of an infrastructure for the EES • Audit of electoral democracy in Europe • Continuity with past EES data collection efforts • Open to new themes & proposals • Proposals for questions & coding categories

  3. Data components • Voter survey: post-election survey in all member states of the EU • Candidate survey: candidate survey of all candidates standing for EP elections • Media study: content analysis of news during the campaign • Manifesto study: content analysis of all party manifestos • Contextual data study: collection of contextual variables

  4. Conceptual Map • Conceptual consistency across data instruments • Backwards compatibility to previous EES endeavours • Core set of voter survey questions • Other studies guided by voter survey

  5. Core concepts • Voting: party choice & turnout • Party ID (PTVs) • Engagement and mobilization • Media usage • Political institutions • EU integration • Value orientations • Domestic & European issues • Representation • Identity • Demographics • Political knowledge and experience • Recruitment and nomination • Responsibility & performance

  6. Implementation: Backwards compatibility: • Voter survey: 52 % • Candidate survey: 64 % • Media study: 44 % • Manifesto study: 98 % • Contextual data: new to 2009 (sort of)

  7. Implementation: linkages • All: Party ID, institutions, EU integration, value orientations & demographics • 4 out of 5: engagement & mobilization, domestic & European issues, representation, identity • 3 out of 5: voting, media usage, attribution & evaluation

  8. User community involvement • Involved with the design phase • Open Forum: submission of proposals • Collaborators on fieldwork & data collection • National collaborators provide country expertise • Users of data • Availability of data • User interface

  9. PIREDEU Open Forum • Online forum for submission of proposals • Inclusion of old & new questions for voter & candidate surveys • Proposals for old & new coding categories for media & manifesto study • Suggestions for collection of contextual data in 27 electoral contexts • Interaction between users • Collaborators post draft versions, users may comment

  10. National collaborators • Consistency across 27 electoral contexts • Continuity across time • Expertise and advice on • Candidates • Parties • Media • Manifestos • Translation

  11. Users of data • Access to data as soon as possible • All five data instruments integrated & linked • Easy access through online user interface

  12. The future Goal: to become a permanent Infrastructure for the study of electoral democracy in Europe, similar to the European Social Survey (ESS).

  13. Conclusion • For more information: • EES: http://www.ees-homepage.net/ • PIREDEU: http://www.piredeu.eu • Become a part of the user community! • Open Forum: http://www.piredeu.eu/Piredeu_Forum/category-view.asp

  14. LUNCH BREAK! Afternoon session begins at 2PM

  15. inform Election Manifestos Mass Media mediate instruct/ constrain Voters mobilize Candidates define recruit vote for Parties The electoral link

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