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.
Dataset in SPSS format | in excel format
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