Manifesto Project Main Dataset (Party Preferences)


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Manifesto Project Dataset (version 2023a)   E: 849 P: 1373 M: 5089

Lehmann, Pola / Franzmann, Simon / Burst, Tobias / Regel, Sven / Riethmüller, Felicia / Volkens, Andrea / Weßels, Bernhard / Zehnter, Lisa (2023): The Manifesto Data Collection. Manifesto Project (MRG/CMP/MARPOR). Version 2023a. Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) / Göttingen: Institut für Demokratieforschung (IfDem). https://doi.org/10.25522/manifesto.mpds.2023a


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Documentation  Codebook Coding Instructions List of Coded Documents (incl. Titles) (CSV)

Parties                List (PDF) List – Simple (CSV) List – Long (CSV) Lists of Political Parties (Codebook)

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Mapping Policy Preferences II   E: 180 P: 623 M: 1261

Klingemann, H.-D., Volkens, A., Bara, J., Budge, I., and McDonald, M. (2006). Mapping Policy Preferences II: Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments in Eastern Europe, European Union and OECD 1990-2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


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Mapping Policy Preferences I   E: 364 P: 288 M: 1991

Budge, I., Klingemann, H.-D., Volkens, A., Bara, J., and Tanenbaum, E. (2001). Mapping Policy Preferences. Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments 1945-1998. Ox- ford: Oxford University Press.


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