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Measuring Consensus
I have mentioned Cees van der Eijk’s measure of agreement before, and Leik’s measure of ordinal consensus. Unsurprisingly, others have come across this issue, discontent with the widespread use of...
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Obtaining Party Positions from Manifestos
My paper on obtaining party positions from manifestos has just been published. It compares different methods to obtain party positions on immigration, mostly from party manifestos. Most approaches...
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Party Positions on Immigration
Two weeks ago I wrote about different methods to obtain party positions on immigration. I compared different methods, including manifesto-based ones. You can check out the figures, including two not...
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The Paradox of Manifestos
In this working paper (The Paradox of Manifestos) Ian Budge replies to some of the methodological critiques of the MARPOR/CMP/MRG manifesto projects. The paradox lies in the contrast between the...
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Party Positions on Ethnonationalism (EPAC)
Edina Szöcsik and Christina Zuber have conducted an expert survey on party positions on ethnonationalism (full data are available). I wondered whether the positions captured in the EPAC were so...
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The role of source language in Wordscores etc.
My paper on the role of source language in the automatic coding of political texts (Wordscores, dictionary coding) is now available online. I make use of Swiss party manifestos to examine the impact of...
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The Discrimination of Multilingual People — A Gem from Coding Manifestos
I have mentioned the different literary styles of party manifestos earlier. Today I simply wanted to share a gem I came across: “Bei Ausbildung, Jobchancen und Wohnungssuche begegnen viele...
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Campaigning in Radical Right Heartland
I had the pleasure to read Oliver Gruber‘s new book Campaigning in Radical Right Heartland. Focusing on Austria — home of the FPÖ — Oliver provides a detailed picture of party competition around an...
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Stereotypes of Political Left and Right
Social scientists and politicians often talk about left and right. Here’s a very nice summary graphic on what left and right tend to stand for over at Information is Beautiful (by David McCandless and...
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Estimating party positions on immigration: Assessing the reliability and...
It’s been in the making for a long time, but I’m happy to announce that Laura Morales and my paper on estimating party positions on immigration is now available from Party Politics. In the paper we...
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I have just made available the supplementary material for Ruedin, Didier, and Laura Morales. 2017. “Estimating Party Positions on Immigration: Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Different...
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Why automated coding of party positions from manifestos may produce...
I am happy to announce that a paper co-written with Laura Morales is now available in print at Party Politics. We use different methods to extract party positions from party manifestos and compare...
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