Further Handbooks

Manifesto Collection Guidelines

• The handbook specifies guidelines for collecting manifestos. This includes a definition of what constitutes a manifesto, which parties are included in the collection, the internal storing, documentation and naming procedures as well as acquisition rules and substitutes.
• date: current version June 2022
• download: pdf

Manifesto Website Collection Guidelines

• The handbook specifies guidelines for collecting manifestos from websites. It lays out what text constitutes a manifesto and rules of acquisition.
• date: current version June 2022
• download: pdf

Manifesto Party Family Handbook

• This handbook describes the main characteristics of party families. It serves as a basis for categorizing parties in the Manifesto Project Dataset.
• date: current version June 2022
• download: pdf