Multilevel data are structures that consist of multiple units of analysis, one nested within the
other. Such data are becoming quite common in political science and provide numerous …

This article reports on the 2010 Chapel Hill expert surveys (CHES) and introduces the CHES
trend file, which contains measures of national party positioning on European integration, …

… Although this is not the place to discuss the many ways in which voters can combine campaign
information (see Taber and Steenbergen 1994), we did replicate our analyses employing …

In this paper, we develop a discourse quality index (DQI) that serves as a quantitative
measure of discourse in deliberation. The DQI is rooted in Habermas' discourse ethics and …

Research on party competition and political representation relies on valid cross-national
measures of party positions. This research note reports on the 1999–2019 Chapel Hill expert …

'Deliberative politics' refers to the role of conversation and arguments in politics. Until
recently discussion of deliberative politics took place almost exclusively among political …

This article addresses the variation of anti-corruption and anti-elite salience in party positioning
across Europe. It demonstrates that while anti-corruption salience is primarily related to …

Plants have developed diverse defence mechanisms to ward off herbivorous pests. However,
agriculture still faces estimated crop yield losses ranging from 25% to 40% annually. …

IN the last decade deliberative democracy has developed rapidly from a “theoretical statement”
into a “working theory.” 1 Scholars and practitioners have launched numerous initiatives …

… The editors of this volume, Gary Marks and Marco Steenbergen, have brought together a
formidable group of scholars of European and comparative politics to investigate patterns of …