2003 Ray, Leonard. "When Parties Matter: The Conditional Influence of Party Positions on Voter Opinions about European Integration" Journal of Politics 65(4): 978-94.
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NATID nation identifier A Numeric id for the nationality of a political party Value Label 1 Belgium 2 Denmark 3 Germany 4 Greece 5 Spain 6 France 7 Ireland 8 Italy 9 Luxembourg 10 Netherlands 11 United Kingdom 12 Portugal 13 Austria 14 Finland 15 Norway 16 Sweden 17 Switzerland NATION country name The name of each nation PARTYID party identifier A Numeric id for the each political party. Note these are unique within nations, but not unique across nations. PARTY party abbreviation Abbreviated party name ENAME Party Name in English Generally accepted English translation of party name. NAME Party name Name of party in native language. CMPCODE Manifesto Project party identifier A unique identifier for each party which also appears in the Comparative Manifesto Project dataset. Missing for all parties not included in CMP. POS84 Position on European Integration 1984 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Value Label 1.00 Strongly opposed to European Integration 2.00 Opposed to European Integration 3.00 Somewhat opposed to European Integration 4.00 Neutral 5.00 Somewhat in favor of European Integration 6.00 In favor of European Integration 7.00 Strongly in favor of European Integration POS88 Position on European Integration 1988 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as POS84. POS92 Position on European Integration 1992 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as POS84. POS96 Position on European Integration 1996 From contemporary judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as POS84. DIS84 dissent on European Integration 1984 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Value Label 1.00 Complete unity 2.00 Minor dissent 3.00 Significant dissent 4.00 Party evenly split on issue 5.00 Leadership opposed by majority of party activists DIS88 dissent on European Integration 1988 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as DIS84. DIS92 dissent on European Integration 1992 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as DIS84. DIS96 dissent on European Integration 1996 From contemporary judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as DIS84. SAL84 salience of European Integration 1984 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Value Label 1.00 issue of no importance to party 2.00 a minor issue to party 3.00 an important issue to party 4.00 one of the most important issues 5.00 the most important issue to the party SAL88 salience of European Integration 1988 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as SAL84. SAL92 salience of European Integration 1992 From retrospective judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as SAL84. SAL96 salience of European Integration 1996 From contemporary judgments of my experts in 1996. Same scale as SAL84. SDPOS84 Standard Deviation of Position 1984 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDPOS88 Standard Deviation of Position 1988 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDPOS92 Standard Deviation of Position 1992 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDPOS96 Standard Deviation of Position 1996 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDDIS84 Standard Deviation of dissent 1984 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDDIS88 Standard Deviation of dissent 1988 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDDIS92 Standard Deviation of dissent 1992 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDDIS96 Standard Deviation of dissent 1996 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDSAL84 Standard Deviation of salience 1984 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDSAL88 Standard Deviation of salience 1988 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDSAL92 Standard Deviation of salience 1992 Standard deviation of experts' judgments SDSAL96 Standard Deviation of salience 1996 Standard deviation of experts' judgments FAMILY Party family left and green distinct 9 family classification of parties. Only historically Catholic parties counted as Christian Dem Left radicals assigned to communist or green family where possible Value Label A Agrarian CM Communist CN CoNservative CR CRistian ER Extreme Right G Green L Liberal LR Left Radical (not used) R Regionalist S Socialist FAMILY2 Party Family greens and Left merged 9 family classification of parties. Protestant parties counted as Christian Left radicals family contains some green parties and all Communists Value Label A Agrarian CM Communist (not used) CN CoNservative CR CRistian ER Extreme Right G Green L Liberal LR Left Radical R Regionalist S Socialist CAB79 months in cabinet 1979 Months party was in government CAB80 months in cabinet 1980 Months party was in government CAB81 months in cabinet 1981 Months party was in government CAB82 months in cabinet 1982 Months party was in government CAB83 months in cabinet 1983 Months party was in government CAB84 months in cabinet 1984 Months party was in government CAB85 months in cabinet 1985 Months party was in government CAB86 months in cabinet 1986 Months party was in government CAB87 months in cabinet 1987 Months party was in government CAB88 months in cabinet 1988 Months party was in government CAB89 months in cabinet 1989 Months party was in government CAB90 months in cabinet 1990 Months party was in government CAB91 months in cabinet 1991 Months party was in government CAB92 months in cabinet 1992 Months party was in government CAB93 months in cabinet 1993 Months party was in government CAB94 months in cabinet 1994 Months party was in government CAB95 months in cabinet 1995 Months party was in government CAB96 months in cabinet 1996 Months party was in government PUBOWN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP SCALE FROM Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 20 AGAINST PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PROENV PRO ENVIRONMENT FROM Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO ENVIRONMENT 20 PRO GROWTH PROSERV SERVICES VS TAXES FROM Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO SERVICES 20 TAX CUTS PERMIS PERMISSIVE SOCIAL POLICY Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PERMISSIVE SOCIAL POLICY 20 RESTRICTIVE SOCIAL POLICY USSR PRO FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH USSR Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO USSR 20 ANTI USSR URBAN PRO URBAN INTERESTS Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO URBAN INTERESTS 20 ANTI URBAN INTERESTS DCENT PRO DECENTRALIZATION Laver and Hunt Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 PRO DECENT 20 ANTI CLERIC PROCLERICAL SCALE LAVER AND HUNT Issue position from 1992 book "Policy and Party Competition" Value Label 1 ANTI CLERICAL 20 PRO CLERICAL IDEOLOGY LEFT-RIGHT POSITION Drawn from Hix and Lord 1997 "Political Parties in the European Union" Value Label 1 LEFT 10 RIGHT PERPOS88 percieved position of party 1988 ebar Mean perception of the party's position on European Integration. From the Spring 1988 Eurobarometer survey. Value Label 2.00 pro eu -2.00 antiEU MANPOS84 CMP position on integration in 1984 Party position in 1984 derived from most recent manifesto. Proportion of positive references to EU rescaled to range from -1 to 1. Value Label 1.00 all EU mentions positive -1.00 all EU mentions negative MANPOS88 CMP position on integration in 1988 Party position in 1988 derived from most recent manifesto. Proportion of positive references to EU rescaled to range from -1 to 1. Value Label 1.00 all EU mentions positive -1.00 all EU mentions negative MANPOS92 CMP position on integration in 1992 Party position in 1992 derived from most recent manifesto. Proportion of positive references to EU rescaled to range from -1 to 1. Value Label 1.00 all EU mentions positive -1.00 all EU mentions negative MANSAL84 mentions of European Integration 1984 Total mentions of EU in most recent manifesto. MANSAL88 mentions of European Integration 1988 Total mentions of EU in most recent manifesto. MANSAL92 mentions of European Integration 1992 Total mentions of EU in most recent manifesto. GABELPRO Proletarian Parties (Gabel 1998) Dummy variable for Gabel's set of proletarian parties. GABELBRG Bourgeois parties (Gabel 1998) Dummy variable for Gabel's set of bourgeois parties. EB21PM Held PM during EB 21 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB22PM Held PM during EB 22 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB29PM Held PM during EB 29 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB30PM Held PM during EB 30 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB37PM Held PM during EB 37 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB38PM Held PM during EB 38 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB44PM Held PM during EB 44 Dummy for party holding Premiership during survey fieldwork. EB21GVT In cabinet during EB 21 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB22GVT In cabinet during EB 22 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB29GVT In cabinet during EB 29 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB21GVT In cabinet during EB 21 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB30GVT In cabinet during EB 30 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB37GVT In cabinet during EB 37 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB38GVT In cabinet during EB 38 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. EB44GVT In cabinet during EB 44 Dummy for party in cabinet during survey fieldwork. VAR00001 Party name (repeated) ENAME repeated