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PolicyVotes Database on Political Responsiveness

Arnold, Christine; Franklin, Mark; Wlezien, Christopher
GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2618
Abstract: The responsiveness of democratic institutions is a topic of fundamental importance to researchers, citizens, and decision-makers. The PolicyVotes project aimed to assemble a dataset that facilitates investigation of the responsiveness of political parties and governments to public preferences. The data collection efforts were motivated by the interest to allow researchers to examine, among many others, the following questions: Are governments responsive to citizen demands? Do we see policy changing in response to changing public preferences over time? Is a government’s responsiveness to public ... more
Availability: Free access (with registration)
Subject area: [Political Science [=] Political System, Constitution, Government [=] Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture [=] European Politics [=] Social Policy]
Topics: Political Issues | International relations | Institutional infrastructure | EU policies | Political participation | Political attitudes | Political science | Society | EU legal form of organization | Cultural policy | Political decision | Organization | Political system | Government | National culture | International politics | International organization | Development indicator | Social indicator | Economic system | Election | Legal system | Religion | Weltanschauung | International Institution | Culture | Weltanschauung | value | political behavior | harmonization

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1970; 2012 | 1900; 2014
Geographic coverage: [Malta / MT [=] Montenegro / ME [=] Portugal / PT [=] Austria / AT [=] Belgium / BE [=] Bulgaria / BG [=] Croatia / HR [=] Cyprus / CY [=] Czech Republic / CZ [=] Denmark / DK [=] Estonia / EE [=] Finland / FI [=] France / FR [=] Germany / DE [=] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / GB [=] Greece / GR [=] Hungary / HU [=] Iceland ... more
Geographic coverage (free): [Europe]
Universe: PolicyVotes Eurobarometer Trendfile: The population of each EU member country is defined as the residents in the respective country with national or EU citizenship, at the age of 15 years and older. PolicyVotes EES Voter Study Trendfile: General population, aged 18 and over. PolicyVotes ISSP Role of Government Trendfile: ZA-Study-Nr. 4700 Role ... more
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal (trend study) | Time series
Mode of Data Collection: Aggregation

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Arnold, Christine; Maastricht University | Franklin, Mark; Trinity College, Professor Emeritus | Wlezien, Christopher; The University of Texas at Austin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.7802/2618
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2618
Contributor, Institution, Role: [Rahmani, Hossein; Iran University of Science and Technology (Project Member) [=] Palacios, Irene; University of Cambridge (Project Member) [=] Russo, Luana; Maastricht University (Project Member) [=] Sapir, Eliyahu; Maastricht University (Project Member) [=] Williams, Christopher; University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (Project Member)]
Project funder: Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO), grant number 480-10-016 | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Department of Political Science at Maastricht University
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2618

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Arnold, Christine, Franklin, Mark, & Wlezien, Christopher (2023). PolicyVotes Database on Political Responsiveness. GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2618.

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