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Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
Scottish Minorities Survey, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of this project was to see how well post-devolution Scotland is succeeding in accommodating both nationalism and multiculturalism at the same time. A further and more specific objective was to increase understanding of ethnic minority perspectives on post-devolution Scotland.
The study...
Political Participation in Britain, 1984-1985; National and Community Studies
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research involved a series of linked surveys designed to examine the state of mass political participation in Britain. Data were collected from a national survey, a series of six community studies and within the community studies, surveys of elites. The latter are not included with this dataset,...
Accommodation to Change : Panel Study to Examine Attitude Change towards the EEC Before and After the Referendum, June 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine accommodation to a fait accompli by contrasting attitudes held in 1971 with those held in 1975 and, by examining what changes occurred in each instance once the decision had been taken.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Two questionnaires were administered. A: 2 weeks before the June...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Scottish Referendum Survey, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The <i>Scottish Referendum Survey</i> was part of a more general study of the Scottish referendum of 1997, which covered the background to the referendum, local and national campaigning, media coverage and analysis of the results. The study aimed to provide a comprehensive and authoritative...
National Survey for Wales, 2018-2019
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In...
National Survey for Wales, 2017/18 and 2018/19: Combined Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In...
National Survey for Wales, 2021/22 and 2022/23: Combined Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In...
Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Combined Data
The dataset is a combination of the following datasets: Parties and local democracy 1996 (FSD1021, FSD1022, and FSD1023). It also contains a variable analysing councillors who were elected.
Finnish Views on Democracy and Political Issues 2017
The study charted Finnish views on democracy, society and safety. The public opinion survey was part of the "Fate of Democracy" project led by think tank Magma. The study contained attitudinal statements that the respondents were asked to evaluate on a scale ranging from "Strongly agree" to "Strongly disagree". The themes of the survey included safety, Finland's EU...
Finnish Views on Democracy and Political Issues 2017: Swedish-Speaking Finns
The study charted Swedish-speaking Finns' views on democracy, society and safety in Finland. The public opinion survey was part of the "Fate of Democracy" project led by think tank Magma. The study contained attitudinal statements that the respondents were asked to evaluate on a scale ranging from "Strongly agree" to "Strongly disagree". The themes of the survey included...
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a new approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. It is a collaboration among more than 50 scholars worldwide which is co-hosted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden; and the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
With four Principal Investigators, two Program managers,...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Scottish and Welsh Referendum Studies, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish and Welsh Referendum Studies were conducted immediately after the 1997 referendums on devolution. The objectives were to:
understand the sources of support for constitutional change in Scotland and Wales and the influences on voting behaviour in the referendums;
to explore the expectations...
Database of Liberal Democratic Performance, 1970-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The data arose from an inquiry into liberal democratic performance, understood as the delivery of liberal democratic values, or how far liberal democratic governments achieve in practice the values to which they subscribe in principle. Normative inquiry established that liberal democracy is founded on the...
British Participation Survey, 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The British Participation Survey, 2011 project was motivated by an interest in the highly topical issue of popular disaffection with representative democracy in countries such as Britain. It hypothesizes that there are two quite distinct groups of 'disconnected' or alienated citizen, whom might be termed...
Data for Undergraduate Political Science Courses: British Election Study, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Data for Undergraduate Political Science Courses datasets have been derived from three major public opinion studies: Eurobarometer 64.2: the European Constitution, Globalization, Energy Resources, and Agricultural Policy, October - November, 2005 (held at the UKDA under SN 5505); British Election...
Quality of Representation in Ukraine, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project aimed to evaluate the quality of electoral representation in Ukraine, by means of four probability surveys in two phases. A survey of candidates and the first wave of a panel survey of citizens were conducted immediately prior to the parliamentary elections of March 1998. Approximately six...
National Survey for Wales, 2016-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In...
National Survey for Wales, 2017-2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In...
The electoral consequences of offshoring: How the globalisation of production shapes party preferences 2015-2020
The project examines individual-level data from five waves of the European Social Survey for 18 advanced democracies. The data has information on individual skill levels and exposures to offshoring for which we assess the variant effect on the outcome; Preference for Policy Position and Party Family. Some controls include income, gender, age, unemployment, rural/urban...
London Stakeholders on London Governance, 2020-2021
The dataset consists of semi-structured interviews with governance stakeholders in London: representatives of London boroughs, the Greater London Authority, business organisations and non-governmental organisations. The interviews focused on: how the governance system in London works, how individual actors responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, how the pandemic influenced...
AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Leader Statements 2006 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The AUTNES coding of leader statements covers all public statements and actions of leaders of relevant parties in the six weeks before the 2006 election, as documented in Austria’s two leading quality newspapers (Der Standard and Die Presse). Leaders are defined as party leaders and top candidates (i.e., those heading the party’s national...
AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Leader Statements 2008 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The AUTNES coding of leader statements covers all public statements and actions of leaders of relevant parties in the six weeks before the 2008 election, as documented in Austria’s two leading quality newspapers (Der Standard and Die Presse). Leaders are defined as party leaders and top candidates (i.e., those heading the party’s national...
AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Leader Statements 2002 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The AUTNES coding of leader statements covers all public statements and actions of leaders of relevant parties in the six weeks before the 2002 election, as documented in Austria’s two leading quality newspapers (Der Standard and Die Presse). Leaders are defined as party leaders and top candidates (i.e., those heading the party’s national...
Sitzverteilungen der Parteien im Kreistag/Stadtrat von 2008-2022 in Deutschland
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Der Datensatz bildet die Sitzverteilung der Parteien in den Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten der Jahre 2008-2022 in Deutschland ab (Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022). Die Landkreise und kreisfreien Städte lassen sich über die Kreisnummern (KNR) zuordnen. Die „Regionale Bezeichnung“ gibt an, ob es sich um einen Landkreis oder eine kreisfreie Stadt handelt....
Finnish Democracy Barometer 2012: Citizens
The survey charted public opinion on the state of democracy in Finland. First, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to voting, public political influence, methods of influencing, democracy and how well it functioned in their municipality of residence, Finland or the EU. Own interest in politics was also investigated. The...
Parties and Municipal Democracy 1996: Candidates
In this survey, candidates in the 1996 municipal elections were compared with electors, party members and councilmen. Major part of the questions were addressed to the candidates of both constituency associations and parties. One set of questions, about the independent's role and relationship to political parties, was asked only of the candidates of constituency...