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PIP - Main Dataset (Version 2022-04)

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title PIP - Main Dataset (Version 2022-04)
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/KRXPH4
 
Creator Jahn, Detlef
Düpont, Nils
Baltz, Erik
Andorff-Woller, Maximilian
Klagges, Lisa
Suda, Sophie
Behm, Thomas
Kosanke, Sven
Oberst, Christoph
Rachuj, Martin
Stremming, Christina
Thie, Debora
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description The PIP compiles information about parties, governments, 1st & 2nd chambers and presidents, and combines them with ideological data about parties (e.g. left-right positions). In addition, various aspects of the European Union (EU) are covered e.g. the composition of the European Parliament and the Commission. The PIP main dataset covers 36 countries from 1944 to 2020.



The dataset is available as a quarterly time-series–cross-section-file where each observation equals one quarter per party. Consequently the information about party ideology can be combined with various information about the composition of governments, parliaments or presidents in a multifaceted way, e.g. to estimate the policy-position of the government (coalition), to determine the median-position of the 1st chamber, to estimate veto player ranges etc. As such, it forms the base for applying the Agenda Setting Power Model (ASPM) framework. Beyond creating independent variables for macro-comparative policy-research, the main dataset is also suitable for examining ideology-related research questions concerning (party) politics.



To ease merging the PIP with other party datasets, party identifiers are based on the Manifesto Project's scheme and can be cross-linked via PartyFacts.
 
Subject Social Sciences
parties, governments, parliaments, presidents, ideology, agenda-setter, veto player, European Union
 
Language English
 
Contributor Düpont, Nils
 
Type aggregate political information