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View article: The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey
The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey Open
This article proposes a measure of the social structuration of political parties. The measure has some distinctive virtues. It assesses the social bases of partisanship from the standpoint of the political party, and it provides a simple a…
View article: Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times Open
This article focuses on the effects of different communication modes – ‘contestatory’, ‘collaborative’, and ‘open’ (and two control groups – ‘information-only’ and a ‘placebo’ group) on reasoning and opinion formation in the context of con…
View article: Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality Open
Ideological polarization between political parties is essential for meaningful electoral competition, but at its extreme can strain democratic functioning. Despite a widespread recognition that multiple divides structure contemporary party…
View article: Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century
Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century Open
Western Europe is experiencing growing levels of political polarization between parties of the New Left and the Far Right. The authors argue that this antagonism reflects the emergence of a social cleavage between universalism and particul…
View article: The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine
The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine Open
Support for Ukraine against Russian aggression has been strong across Europe, but it is far from uniform. An expert survey of the positions taken by political parties in 29 countries conducted mid-2023 reveals that 97 of 269 parties reject…
View article: Causal inference with latent outcomes
Causal inference with latent outcomes Open
While causal inference has become front and center in empirical political science, we know little about how to analyze causality with latent outcomes, such as political values, beliefs, and attitudes. In this article, we develop a framewor…
View article: The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine
The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine Open
Support for Ukraine against Russian aggression has been strong across Europe, but it is far from uniform. An expert survey of the positions taken by political parties in 29 countries conducted mid-2023 reveals that 97 of 269 parties reject…
View article: The comparative meaning of political space: a comprehensive modeling approach
The comparative meaning of political space: a comprehensive modeling approach Open
In latent scaling applications, such as the positioning of political parties, differential item functioning (DIF) may occur because of measurement issues or because of substantive differences in the association between latent and manifest …
View article: Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality Open
Ideological polarization matters. It is a necessary requirement for meaningful electoral competition, but at its extreme can strain democratic functioning. The conceptualization and measurement of contemporary ideological polarization is c…
View article: Replication data for: The Comparative Meaning of Political Space: A Comprehensive Modeling Approach
Replication data for: The Comparative Meaning of Political Space: A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Open
In latent scaling applications, such as the positioning of political parties, differential item functioning (DIF) may occur because of measurement issues or because of substantive differences in the association between latent and manifest …
View article: Causal Inference with Latent Outcomes
Causal Inference with Latent Outcomes Open
While causal inference has become front and center in empirical political science, we know little about how to analyze causality with latent outcomes, such as political values, beliefs, and attitudes. In this article, we develop a framewor…
View article: The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey
The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey Open
This article proposes a measure of the social structuration of political parties. The measure has some distinctive virtues. It assesses the social bases of partisanship from the standpoint of the political party, and it provides a simple a…
View article: Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic
Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic Open
How do political parties respond to external shocks? Using an original survey of political parties across Europe conducted in June 2020 and Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) data on partisan ideological positioning, we argue that the pre‐ex…
View article: Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) Europe 1999-2019 trend file
Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) Europe 1999-2019 trend file Open
2 data files, 1 documentation file
View article: Who opposes the EU? Continuity and change in party Euroscepticism between 2014 and 2019
Who opposes the EU? Continuity and change in party Euroscepticism between 2014 and 2019 Open
1st lines: A new round of data from the Chapel Hill Expert Survey, covering 2019, is due to be released. The survey, which estimates the positions of political parties on a variety of ideological and policy issues, offers an invaluable too…
View article: What Is In a (Non‐) Significant Finding? Moving Beyond False Dichotomies
What Is In a (Non‐) Significant Finding? Moving Beyond False Dichotomies Open
One of the most problematic aspect of p‐values is the tendency to dichotomize, whereby statistical significance is equated with scientifically worthwhile and insignificance with worthless findings. This article outlines two approaches that…
View article: Measuring Populism across Nations: Testing for Measurement Invariance of an Inventory of Populist Attitudes
Measuring Populism across Nations: Testing for Measurement Invariance of an Inventory of Populist Attitudes Open
The rising voter support for populist parties in Western Democracies in recent years has incited academic interest in populist voters and attitudes connected to the voting propensity of populist actors. In line of this research, numerous s…
View article: Public opinion surveys
Public opinion surveys Open
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View article: Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data
Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data Open
This article addresses the variation of anti-corruption and anti-elite salience in party positioning across Europe. It demonstrates that while anti-corruption salience is primarily related to the (regional) context in which a party operate…
View article: The appeal of populist ideas, strategies and styles: A theoretical model and research design for analyzing populist political communication
The appeal of populist ideas, strategies and styles: A theoretical model and research design for analyzing populist political communication Open
This working paper approaches the study of populism from an explicit political communication perspective and thereby adds a new and original dimension to the existing literature. It first reviews the e…