Manifesto
Description
The Manifesto Research on Political Representation (MARPOR), formerly known and still often referred to as the “Manifesto Project”, provides a comprehensive collection and content analysis of party election manifestos, including over 1000 parties from 50 countries worldwide. Because the collected manifestos are content analyzed, MARPOR offers a wide range of topics related to party preferences, party program offerings, the relationship between parties and voters, or the translation of party programs into policies.
With regard to polarization, MARPOR includes items and information that can be used to measure ideological polarization at the elite level.
Measures
Measures that use this dataset:
| Measure | Polarization |
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| (Weighted) Party System Dispersion | ideological, elite |
| Range Between Outer-Right and -Left Parties | ideological, elite |
| Weighted Variance | ideological, elite |
Visualization
Use cases
Publications that use this dataset:
| Title | Authors |
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| The Spatial Structure of Party Competition |
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| Political polarisation and environmental attitudes |
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| Does voter polarisation induce party extremism? |
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| The Mobilizing Effect of Party System Polarization. Evidence From Europe |
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| The Variance Matters |
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| Does Austerity Cause Polarization? |
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| Political Polarization and Cabinet Stability in Multiparty Systems |
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| Electoral Rule Disproportionality and Platform Polarisation |
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| Economic Integration, Party Polarisation and Electoral Turnout |
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| Polarization, Number of Parties, and Voter Turnout |
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