Summary information
Study title
Surveys of Members of the European Parliament, 2000 and 2006
Creator
Hix, S., London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government
Scully, R., University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Department of International Politics
Farrell, D., University of Manchester, Department of Politics
Study number / PID
6086 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-6086-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The most significant change in the institutional structure of European governance over the past two decades has been the increased power of the European Parliament (EP). Given the Parliament’s growing influence and the dramatic European Union(EU) enlargement in 2004, it has become increasingly important to monitor the attitudes and behaviour of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different member states.
The European Parliament Research Group (EPRG) conducted two surveys of MEPs in 2000 and 2006. The 2000 survey was conducted in October-December 2000 and surveyed MEPs of the Fifth European Parliament (1999-2004). The 2006 survey was conducted in March-June 2006 and surveyed MEPs of the Sixth European Parliament (2004-09).
Further information about the survey can be found on the EPRG MEP Survey web page or the ESRC Award web page.
Main Topics:
The surveys include the following categories of questions:
- personal details (member state, date first elected to EP, previous political experience)
- electoral systems and candidate selection
- campaigning aims and activities
- attitudes/behaviour relating to representation
- behaviour in committees and voting in the Parliament
- general political attitudes
- attitudes towards specific EU policies
- attitudes towards EU institutional reform
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/10/2000 - 01/06/2006
Country
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union Countries (1993-), Finland, France, Germany (October 1990-), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Cross-national
National
Universe
Members of the European Parliament in 2000 and 2006.
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Postal survey
Web-based self-completion
Funding information
Grant number
RES-000-22-1554
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2008
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee.
Related publications
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