Positions and salience in European Union politics: Estimation and validation of a new dataset

This article introduces the ‘Positions and Salience in European Union Politics’ dataset. The dataset comprises positional and salience estimates of more than 250 parties and governments in the European Union (EU). These estimates, which all come with measures of uncertainty, pertain to 10 important...

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Published in:European Union politics 2011-06, Vol.12 (2), p.267-288
Main Author: Veen, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accession
Compliance
Datasets
Decision making
Errors
Estimation
Europe
European cultural groups
European integration
European Union
Europeanization
Intellectuals
Left wing politics
Legislative Bodies
Legislative process
Legislatures
Longitudinal studies
Political manifesto
Political Parties
Ruling parties
Simulation
Statistics
Validity
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Summary:This article introduces the ‘Positions and Salience in European Union Politics’ dataset. The dataset comprises positional and salience estimates of more than 250 parties and governments in the European Union (EU). These estimates, which all come with measures of uncertainty, pertain to 10 important EU policy domains as well as a European integration and a left—right scale. The dataset exploits statistics from hand-coded European party manifestos provided by the ‘Euromanifestos’ project and uses simulation to correct stochastic error. The manifestos are scaled using a technique for count data that employs principles from psychophysics. For most European domestic parties and major European Parliament groups, the estimates range from 1979 to 2004, while for member state governments time-series between 1998 and 2007 are available. The dataset may be of use to scholars interested in European integration, Europeanization, compliance research or EU legislative decision-making.
ISSN:1465-1165
1741-2757
DOI:10.1177/1465116510394381