Strengths and weaknesses of approaches to measuring policy positions of parties

被引：89

作者：

Volkens, Andrea ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Wissensch Zentrum Berlin, Social Sci Res Ctr, D-10785 Berlin, Germany

来源：

ELECTORAL STUDIES | 2007年 / 26卷 / 01期

关键词：

parties; policy positions; measurement quality; validity; reliability;

D O I：

10.1016/j.electstud.2006.04.003

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

This article examines the measurement quality of the three main approaches to estimating policy positions of parties: expert surveys, the conventional content analysis of election programs by the Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project, and computer-assisted content analysis of election programs. Based on a literature review in tabular form containing quotations ordered according to major measurement problems, this contribution discusses the merits and shortcomings of the three approaches. The systematic comparison shows that all three approaches have their particular strengths and weaknesses. As a rule, the strength of one approach is the weakness of the others and vice versa. Therefore, the three approaches are not opposed to one another but complementary, so that all three are necessary for future research. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：108 / 120

页数：13