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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Module 2 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS - MODULE 2 (2001-2006) CODEBOOK: INTRODUCTION Original CSES file name: cses2_codebook_part1_introduction.txt (Version: Full Release - December 15, 2015) GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences Publication (pdf-version, December 2015) ============================================================================================= COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (CSES) - MODULE 2 (2001-2006) CODEBOOK: INTRODUCTION FULL RELEASE - DECEMBER 15, 2015 VERSION CSES Secretariat www.cses.org =========================================================================== HOW TO CITE THE STUDY: The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (www.cses.org). CSES MODULE 2 FULL RELEASE [dataset]. December 15, 2015 version. doi:10.7804/cses.module2.2015-12-15 These materials are based on work supported by the National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov) under grant numbers SES-0112029 and SES-0451598, the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, the University of Michigan, in-kind support of participating election studies, the many organizations that sponsor planning meetings and conferences, and the many organizations that fund election studies by CSES collaborators. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding organizations. =========================================================================== IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING FULL RELEASES: This dataset and all accompanying documentation is the "Full Release" of CSES Module 2 (2001-2006). Users of the Final Release may wish to monitor the errata for CSES Module 2 on the CSES website, to check for known errors which may impact their analyses. To view errata for CSES Module 2, go to the Data Center on the CSES website, navigate to the CSES Module 2 download page, and click on the Errata link in the gray box to the right of the page. =========================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS =========================================================================== ))) CSES PROJECT PROFILE >>> CSES MODULE 2 STUDY DESCRIPTION >>> CSES MODULE 2 PLANNING COMMITTEE >>> CSES MODULE 3 PLANNING COMMITTEE >>> CSES MODULE 2 COLLABORATORS >>> CSES MODULE 2 SECRETARIAT >>> MICRO-LEVEL (SURVEY) COMPONENT >>> CSES MODULE 2 COLLABORATOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CSES QUESTIONNAIRE >>> DISTRICT-LEVEL COMPONENT >>> MACRO-LEVEL COMPONENT ))) HOW TO USE THE CSES MODULE 2 DOCUMENTATION >>> TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE >>> CODEBOOK CONVENTIONS ))) HOW TO USE THE CSES MODULE 2 DATA FILES ))) SPECIAL DATA NOTES >>> IDENTIFICATION VARIABLES 1 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS - MODULE 2 (2001-2006) CODEBOOK: INTRODUCTION Original CSES file name: cses2_codebook_part1_introduction.txt (Version: Full Release - December 15, 2015) GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences Publication (pdf-version, December 2015) ============================================================================================= >>> MISSING DATA >>> WEIGHTS >>> FREEDOM STATUS OF ELECTIONS ))) CSES MODULE 2 ELECTION STUDIES >>> LIST OF ELECTION STUDIES INCLUDED IN CSES MODULE 2 >>> OTHER ELECTION STUDIES INCLUDING CSES MODULE 2 ))) ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - ALBANIA (2005) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - AUSTRALIA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - BELGIUM (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - BRAZIL (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - BULGARIA (2001) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - CANADA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - CHILE (2005) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - CZECH REPUBLIC (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - DENMARK (2001) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - FINLAND (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - FRANCE (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - GERMANY (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - GREAT BRITAIN (2005) >>> ELECTOIN SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - HONG KONG (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - HUNGARY (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - ICELAND (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - IRELAND (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - ISRAEL (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - ITALY (2006) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - JAPAN (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - KYRGYZSTAN (2005) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - MEXICO (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - NETHERLANDS (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - NEW ZEALAND (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - NORWAY (2001) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - PERU (2006) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - PHILIPPINES (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - POLAND (2001) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - PORTUGAL (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - PORTUGAL (2005) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - ROMANIA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - RUSSIA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - SLOVENIA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - SOUTH KOREA (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - SPAIN (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - SWEDEN (2002) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - SWITZERLAND (2003) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - TAIWAN (2001) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - TAIWAN (2004) >>> ELECTION SUMMARIES AND GENERAL NOTES - UNITED STATES (2004) ))) BIBLIOGRAPHY =========================================================================== ))) CSES PROJECT PROFILE =========================================================================== The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative program of research among election study teams from around the world. Participating countries include a common module of survey questions in their post-election studies. The resulting data are deposited along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables. The studies are then merged into a single, free, public dataset for use in comparative study and cross-level analysis. The research agenda, questionnaires, and study design are developed by an international committee of leading scholars of electoral politics and political science. The design is implemented in each country by their 2 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS - MODULE 2 (2001-2006) CODEBOOK: INTRODUCTION Original CSES file name: cses2_codebook_part1_introduction.txt (Version: Full Release - December 15, 2015) GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences Publication (pdf-version, December 2015) ============================================================================================= foremost social scientists. By collaborating in this way, the CSES community hopes to forward scientific inquiry into the relationship between electoral institutions and political behavior. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> CSES MODULE 2 STUDY DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CSES Module 2 was in use from 2001 through 2006. It focused on three key theoretical questions. First, it examined the contrasting views of the logic of elections - to what extent are elections a mechanism to hold government accountable, as opposed to a means to ensure that citizens' views are properly represented in the democratic process? Second, the module added a new set of items on citizen engagement and cognition across democratic polities. Third, the module expanded the analyses of the first module to examine how voters' choices are affected by the institutional context within which those choices are made. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> CSES MODULE 2 PLANNING COMMITTEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CSES Module 2 Planning Committee was responsible for the design of CSES Module 2, and shared responsibility for its implementation. The following persons were members of the CSES Module 2 Planning Committee: W. Phillips Shively, chair University of Minnesota United States Yun-han Chu National Taiwan University Taiwan Gary Cox University of California - San Diego United States John Curtice University of Strathclyde United Kingdom Amaury de Souza IDESP Brazil Juan Diez-Nicolas ASEP, Complutense University Spain Yilmaz Esmer Bolgazici University Turkey Ashley Grosse Director of Studies (-2001), CSES Secretariat University of Michigan United States Soren Holmberg Goteborg University Sweden David Howell Director of Studies (2001-), CSES Secretariat University of Michigan 3 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS - MODULE 2 (2001-2006) CODEBOOK: INTRODUCTION Original CSES file name: cses2_codebook_part1_introduction.txt (Version: Full Release - December 15, 2015) GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences Publication (pdf-version, December 2015) ============================================================================================= United States Hans-Dieter Klingemann WZB Germany Marta Lagos Opinion Publica Latinoamericana Chile Radoslaw Markowski Polish Academy of Sciences Poland Ekkehard Mochmann Universitat zu Koln Germany Yoshitaka Nishizawa Doshisha University Japan Virginia Sapiro University of Wisconsin-Madison United States Hermann Schmitt European Election Study
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