Bibliography
This is an non-exhaustive list of articles, chapters and papers that refer to the issues and controversies of estimating parties’ policy positions by using political text. If you wish to contribute a paper to the list, please e-mail the webmaster.
Bara, Judith (2001) ‘Using manifesto estimates to validate computerized analyses,’ in Mapping policy preferences: estimates for parties, electors, and governments 1945-1998, ed. Ian Budge, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Andrea Volkens, Judith Bara & Eric Tanenbaum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 143-156.
Benoit, Kenneth & Michael Laver (2007) ‘Benchmarks for text analysis: a response to Budge and Pennings,” Electoral Studies 26: 130-135.
Benoit, Kenneth & Michael Laver (2007) ‘Estimating party policy positions: comparing expert surveys and hand-coded content analysis,’ Electoral Studies 26: 90-107.
Benoit, Kenneth & Michael Laver (2008) ‘Compared to what? A comment on ‘A robust transformation procedure for interpreting political text’ by Martin and Vanberg,’ Political Analysis 16: 101–111.
Benoit, Kenneth & Michael Laver (2011) ‘The dimensionality of political space: epistemological and methodological considerations,’ Unpublished paper.
Benoit, Kenneth, Slava Mikhaylov & Michael Laver (2009) ‘Treating words as data with error: uncertainty in text statements of policy positions,’ American Journal of Political Science 53: 495–513.
Benoit, Kenneth, Thomas Bräuninger & Marc Debus (2009) ‘Challenges for estimating policy preferences: announcing an open access archive of political documents,’ German Politics 18: 441–454.
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Marks, Gary, Liesbet Hooghe, Marco Steenbergen & Ryan Bakker (2007) ‘Crossvalidating data on party positioning on European integration,’ Electoral Studies 26: 23-38.
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Volkens, Andrea (2001) Quantifying the election programmes: coding procedures and controls. In Mapping policy preferences: estimates for parties, electors, and governments 1945-1998, ed. Ian Budge, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Andrea Volkens, Judith Bara & Eric Tanenbaum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 93-109.
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Volkens, Andrea (2007) ‘Strengths and weaknesses of approaches to measuring policy positions of parties,’ Electoral Studies 26: 108-120.
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