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| Author |
Bara, Judith Budge, Ian Klingemann, Hans-Dieter Tanenbaum, Eric Volkens, Andrea |
|---|---|
| Title | Mapping Policy Preferences : Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments 1945-1998 |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Political planning. 2. Policy sciences. 3. Democracy. 4. Political parties. 5. World politics--1945- |
| Publisher | Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | xiv, 274 |
| Description | This book gives readers the most detailed and extensive data available on the policies and preferences of key democratic actors-parties, governments, and electors in 25 democracies over the post-war period. Estimates are provided for every election and most coalitions of the post-war period and derive from the programmes, manifestos, and platforms of parties and governments themselves. Thus, they form a uniquely authoritative source, recognized as such and provided through the labour of a team of international scholars over 25 years. The changing ideologies and concerns of parties trace general social developments over the post-war period, as well as directly affecting economic policy making. Indispensable for any serious discussion of democratic politics, the book provides necessary information for political scientists, policy analysts, sociologists, and economists. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliography and index. Also includes CD-ROM. CONTENTS: Introduction: Content Analysis and Political texts, by Ian Budge and Judith Bara /Finally! Comparative over-time mapping of party policy movement, by Ian Budge and Hans-Dieter Klingemann / Manifesto-based research: A Critical review, by Ian Budge and Judith Bara / Theory and measurement of party policy positions, by Ian Budge / Quantifying the election programmes: Coding procedures and controls, by Andrea Volkens / Checking the party policy estimates: Reliability, by Derek J. Hearl / Checking the party policy estimates: convergent validity, by Michael D. McDonald and Silvia M. Mendes / Using manifesto estimates to validate computerized analyses, by Judith Bara / Extending party estimates to governments and electors, by Hee-Min Kim and Richard C. Fording / Approaching the data, by Eric Tanenbaum / Appendix I: Political parties included in the data set / Appendix II: Manifesto coding instructions / Appendix III: Desvription of manifesto data set / Appendix IV: Missing party documents / Appendix V.: Mean percentage scores for parties on four policy stands / Appendix VI: Description of Government declaration data / Bibliography of manifesto-related research / General bibliography / Bibliography of electoral data sources / Index |
| Language | English |
| Series | |
| Identifier | 0199244006 |
| Call No. |
324.2 |
| Location |
Library |
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