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1 Welcome
Expert Survey on Ethnonationalism in Party Competition
Thank you very much for taking the time to participate in our Expert Survey on Ethnonationalism in Party Competition. Your readiness to share your expertise with us is of crucial importance to our project.
Yours sincerely,
Edina Szöcsik and Christina Zuber
Instructions
We are interested in the positions of political parties in Bulgaria on several issue dimensions. We are kindly asking you to share with us your judgment on the position of these parties relative to that of their competitors.
Please note that this is a cross-country survey that covers all European democracies. The 20 questions of the survey are the same for each country.
Please base your answers on the stance of the party leadership (party president and executive committee) in 2016.
Many of the parties we are interested in are small players and it can be hard to find out what exactly they offer to the voter.
In case you are unsure about a party's position on a certain issue dimension, please do not hesitate to tick the box: “no answer” that will always be provided.
In case you know that the party simply has no position on a topic we ask about, please tick the box: “no position”.
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Finally, at the end of the survey we provide space for any additional comments you might have.
Confidentiality
We will of course treat your answers confidentially. In our final dataset available for public use, it will not be possible to link individual answers to an expert's name. We will publish a list of all experts consulted in a separate file to document our data collection. This file will only contain your name and institutional affiliation.
For data from the previous round of the EPAC Survey (2011), see http://christinazuber.com/data/
2 Introduction
Party Names
Acronym Party English Translation
KzB Koaliciya za Bălgariya Coalition for Bulgaria DPS Dviženie za Prava i Svobodi Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ataka Partiya Ataka Party Attack GERB Graždani za Evropejsko Razvitie na Bălgariya Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria RB Reformatorski Blok Reformist Block PF Patriotichen front Patriotic Front BBT Bălgariya bez tsenzura Bulgaria without Censorship
We use this list of parties in all questions.
You can always return to this list using the "back" button.
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General Position on Nationalism
1. In multinational states, parties may have different positions on the status of (ethno-)national groups and the nature of the state. At one end of the spectrum (0), majority nationalists seek hegemony within the current state they define as their nation-state. At the other end of the spectrum (10), minority nationalists seek to become the hegemonic majority in a new nation-state. Moderate parties of the middle ground (5) seek a common state, in which no single ethno-national group dominates over another. Majority Minority No Nationalism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nationalism n/a Position 0 10 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
2. Where would you locate yourself on this scale? Majority Minority No Nationalism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nationalism n/a position 0 10
3. How important are ethno-national issues for each party?
Not Extremely important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 important n/a at all 10 0 KzB DPS Ataka
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GERB RB PF BBT
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Cultural Autonomy for National Minorities
4. In multinational states, parties may have different positions on cultural autonomy for national minorities, defined as the right to establish institutions of self-government in the fields of education and culture.
Parties at one end of the spectrum (0) are strongly against granting cultural autonomy to national minorities.
Parties at the other end of the spectrum (10) are strongly in favor of granting cultural autonomy to national minorities.
Strongly Strongly in favor against neutral of No cultural 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 n/a 5 cultural Position autonomy autonomy 0 10 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
5. How important is the issue of cultural autonomy for each party?
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Territorial Autonomy for National Minorities
6. In multinational states, parties may have different positions on territorial autonomy for national minorities, defined as the right to establish their own institutions of regional self-government within their traditional homeland territories.
Parties at one end of the spectrum (0) are strongly against granting national minorities territorial autonomy.
Parties at the other end of the spectrum (10) are strongly in favor of granting national minorities territorial autonomy.
Strongly Strongly in favor against neutral of No territorial 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 n/a 5 territorial Position autonomy autonomy 0 10 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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7. How important is the issue of territorial autonomy for each party?
Not Extremely important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 important n/a at all 10 0 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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Territorial Models
8. In multinational states, parties may have different positions on which territorial model best suits a multinational society. Please indicate whether any of the parties explicitly support…
A) A unitary state
B) Decentralization
C) Decentralization on ethnic base
D) A symmetrical federation, where all regions have equal competencies E) An asymmetrical federation, where a national minority region has more decision-making competencies than other regions F) Independence for a national minority region G) Annexation of the national minority region by another state
None of A B C D E F G n/a these KzB DPS Ataka
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Representation of (Ethno-)national Groups and Regions
9. Does the party seek to represent a particular (ethno-)national group/groups or a particular region/regions?
No, the party does not seek to Yes, the following one or Yes, the following one or represent any group or region n/a ("X") more group(s) more region(s) ("X") KzB
DPS
Ataka
GERB
RB
PF
BBT
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Economic Issues
10. Parties can be classified in terms of their stance on economic issues. Parties at one end of the spectrum (0) want government to play an active role in the economy. Parties at the other end of the spectrum (10) emphasize a reduced economic role for government: privatization, lower taxes, less regulation, less government spending, and a leaner welfare state.
(Based on question 11 from the Chapel Hill Expert Survey of 2006 (Liesbet Hooghe, Ryan Bakker, Anna Brigevich, Catherine de Vries, Erica Edwards, Gary Marks, Jan Rovny, Marco https://www.unipark.de/www/print_survey.php?syid=766583&__menu_node=print Seite 7 von 13 Druckversion 18.04.17, 17)46
Steenbergen (2010), "Reliability and Validity of Measuring Party Positions: The Chapel Hill Expert Surveys of 2002 and 2006", European Journal of Political Research, (4): 684-703.) Free State market/ No interventionism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lean n/a Position 0 state 10 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
11. Where would you locate yourself on this scale? Free State market/ No interventionism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lean n/a position 0 state 10
12. How important are economic issues for each party?
Not Extremely important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 important n/a at all 10 0 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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Libertarian vs. Authoritarian Values
13. Parties can be classified in terms of their views on democratic freedoms and rights. “Libertarian” or “postmaterialist” parties (0) favor expanded personal freedoms, for example, access to abortion, active euthanasia, same-sex marriage, or greater democratic participation. “Traditional” or “authoritarian” (10) parties often reject these ideas; they value order, tradition, and stability, and believe that the government should be a firm moral authority on social and cultural issues.
(This question is based on question 12 of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey of 2006 (Liesbet Hooghe, Ryan Bakker, Anna Brigevich, Catherine de Vries, Erica Edwards, Gary Marks, Jan Rovny, Marco Steenbergen (2010), "Reliability and Validity of Measuring Party Positions: The Chapel Hill Expert Surveys of 2002 and 2006", European Journal of Political Research, (4): 684-703.)
Libertarian/ Traditional/ Post- No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Authoritarian n/a materialist Position 10 0 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
14. Where would you locate yourself on this scale? Libertarian/ Traditional/ Post- No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Authoritarian n/a materialist position 10 0
15. How important are the issues mentioned in question 13 for each party?
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European Integration
16. Parties differ in their views on how much authority the European Union should have in relation to the nation state. EU-sceptical, desintegrationist parties at one end of the spectrum (0) are in favour of increasing the competencies of the nation state at the expense of the European Union. Integrationist parties at the other end of the spectrum (10) are in favour of increasing the competencies of the supranational European level at the expense of the nation state. Parties of the middle ground are in favour of maintaining the status quo (5) concerning the distribution of competencies.
Status Desintegrationist Integrationist No 1 2 3 4 quo 6 7 8 9 n/a 0 10 Position 5 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
17. How important is the issue of European integration for each party?
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KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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Immigration
18. Parties can be classified in terms of their views on immigration. At one end of the spectrum (0) parties are fully opposed to a restrictive policy on immigration. At the other end of the spectrum (10), parties are fully in favour of a restrictive policy on immigration.
Fully Fully in opposed to favour of a a restrictive Neutral restrictive No 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 n/a policy on 5 policy on Position immigration immigration 0 10 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
19. How important is the issue of immigration for each party?
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Not Extremely important 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 important n/a at all 10 0 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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Party identification
20. How close do you feel to each of these parties?
Not close at Very close Quite close Not close all Don't know 1 2 3 4 KzB DPS Ataka GERB RB PF BBT
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Do you have any comments on our survey?
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This is the end of the survey.
Thank you very much for your participation!
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