Visitors can use this page to learn of announcements, and identify major changes to the website since their last visit.
| 2018 |
| May-02-2018 | Posted new page listing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
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| Mar-08-2018 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| 2017 |
| Dec-14-2017 | CSES Announcement:
Call for nominations for Module 6 Planning Committee members
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| Sep-13-2017 |
CSES Module 5 Pretest Reports for Greece, Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan have been posted on the Planning Committee page.
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| Sep-07-2017 | CSES Announcement:
Final Deadline to Deposit Module 4 Election Studies
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| Sep-06-2017 | CSES Announcement:
List of ECPR 2017 Presentations
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| Aug-30-2017 | CSES Announcement:
List of APSA 2017 Presentations
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| Jun-29-2017 | Added Executive Approval Project to list of Other Comparative Projects.
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| Jun-19-2017 | CSES Announcement:
EPSA, New Researcher Contribution, and Wikipedia
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| Jun-08-2017 |
The final reports on the CSES Module 5 Survey Pretests and Cognitive Pretest are now available for download from the Planning Committee page.
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| Apr-27-2017 |
A new Researcher Contribution is available for download from the Data Center.
The contribution was prepared by Russell J. Dalton and is titled "Party System Polarization Index for CSES Modules 1-4".
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| Apr-19-2017 | CSES Announcement:
Job Posting for PhD/Research Associate with the CSES Secretariat at GESIS in Germany
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| Apr-11-2017 | CSES Announcement:
The Fourth Advance Release of CSES Module 4 is now available
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| Mar-31-2017 | CSES Announcement:
Winner of the 2017 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Feb-20-2017 | A list of CSES Module 5 Collaborators has been newly added, and the list of CSES Module 4 Collaborators has been updated.
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| 2016 |
| Dec-06-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Nov-23-2016 | List of CSES Module 4 Collaborators updated to include only election studies understood to have successfully included and likely to deposit Module 4.
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| Nov-11-2016 | Posted new page listing CSES Secretariat Staff.
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| Nov-11-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Final reports of CSES Module 5 subcommittees, and call for papers for CSES panel at Latin American Political Science Association Congress
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| Nov-11-2016 | The final reports of the Module 5 subcommittees (Content, Core and Demographics, Political Knowledge, Macro and District Data, and New Technology and Data Collection) have been posted on the Planning Committee page.
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| Sep-30-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Announcing CSES Module 5, "Democracy Divided? People, Politicians and the Politics of Populism"
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| Sep-14-2016 | CSES Announcement:
The CSES Module 5 (2016-2021) Questionnaire is Now Available
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| Sep-14-2016 | The CSES Module 5 (2016-2021) questionnaire, Macro Report,
Design Report, and Respondent Booklet are now available for viewing
and/or download on the Collaborator Tools page.
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| Sep-14-2016 | Posted the agenda, presentations/slides, photographs, and the participants list from the 2016 CSES Plenary Session which was just held in Philadelphia, United States.
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| Sep-14-2016 | Updated the Election Study Table
with the 12 election studies which were added as of the Third Advance Release of CSES Module 4.
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| Jul-29-2016 | CSES Announcement:
New CSES Blog, and social media accounts
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| Jun-22-2016 | CSES Announcement:
The Third Advance Release of CSES Module 4 is now available
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| May-31-2016 | CSES Announcement:
New researcher-contributed trend file, renewed CSES Secretariat agreement, tentative Module 5 theme, APSA events, and more
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| May-27-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Winner of the 2016 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Apr-07-2016 | Revived and updated list of Other Comparative Projects.
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| Apr-07-2016 | Added historical information (photos, agendas, presentations, and participants, where available) for the 2012 Belgrade Regional Meeting.
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| Mar-31-2016 | Added historical information (photos, agendas, presentations, and participants, where available) for the 2015 Taipei Conference and Planning Committee Meeting and the 2011 Mexico City Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Mar-27-2016 | Added historical information (photos, agendas, presentations, and participants, where available) for the 2015 Seattle Planning Committee Meeting, and the 2013 Campinas Planning Committee Meeting.
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| Mar-26-2016 | Added historical information (photos, agendas, presentations, and participants, where available) for the 2012 Paris Planning Committee Meeting, the 2010 Tel Aviv Conference and Planning Committee Meeting, and the 2010 Budapest Planning Committee Meeting.
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| Feb-24-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Fellowship opportunity in Germany using CSES
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| Feb-09-2016 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Feb-05-2016 |
A table of variables across modules has been added to the website.
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| Feb-03-2016 |
A table of election studies appearing in CSES datasets has been added to the website.
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| 2015 |
| Dec-16-2015 | CSES Announcement:
New, updated versions of Modules 1, 2, 3 are now available for download
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| Dec-15-2015 | New versions of Modules 1, 2, and 3 have been posted to the Data Center. A list of updates made to the files can be found on the respective errata pages for Module 1, Module 2, and Module 3.
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| Nov-17-2015 | CSES Announcement:
Seeking paper proposals for CSES panel at APSA 2016 in Philadelphia
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| Aug-21-2015 | CSES Announcement:
Prize reception at ECPR, and upcoming conference presentations
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| Jun-19-2015 | CSES Announcement:
Winner of the 2015 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Mar-20-2015 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Module 4 Second Advance Release is now available
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| Feb-27-2015 | CSES Announcement:
Klingemann Prize deadline, and PhD funding opportunity at the University of Mannheim
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| Feb-09-2015 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| 2014 |
| Dec-16-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Presentation opportunities
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| Oct-17-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Blog entry about CSES Module 5 progress
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| Oct-16-2014 |
Posted membership list and contact information for the CSES Module 5 Planning Committee.
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| Oct-14-2014 |
Posted information, presentations and pictures from the 2014 Conference and Plenary Session which was just held in Berlin, Germany.
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| Aug-27-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Prize reception at APSA, and upcoming conference presentations
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| Jun-25-2014 | Please let interested persons know about our job posting
for a CSES Research Data Processing Officer at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. Applications are due by July 18, 2014.
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| Jun-16-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Announcing the 2014 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| May-23-2014 | Updated website navigation system. |
| Apr-28-2014 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Module 4 First Advance Release is now available
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| Apr-27-2014 | The list of Module 4 Collaborators has been significantly updated. |
| Apr-09-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Outcome of Module 5 Planning Committee Nominations
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| Mar-28-2014 | CSES Announcement:
New online analysis system, new hire, and DOIs
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| Jan-29-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Final call for Module 5 proposals and two reminders
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| Jan-28-2014 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated. It now contains 739 entries.
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| Jan-23-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| 2009 |
| Nov-23-2009 |
Posted working paper from McDonald to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Nov-18-2009 |
Posted working papers from Gélineau/Morin-Chassé and Shastri to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Nov-11-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Last Call for Module 4 Proposals (Deadline December 31, 2009) |
| Nov-06-2009 |
Posted working papers from Kittilson/Anderson, Milner, and Tossutti to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Oct-19-2009 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Plenary Session held in Toronto, Canada in September 2009.
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| Aug-12-2009 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Manchester, United Kingdom in December 2008.
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| Aug-10-2009 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Conference in Toronto |
| Aug-10-2009 | The description on the CSES home page has been translated into German. |
| Aug-04-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Free APSA Short Course - New Opportunities, New Challenges: The CSES & EES Data Sets |
| Jun-05-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Citizens, Context, and Choice conference at Cornell University |
| Jun-03-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Call for Papers |
| May-14-2009 | CSES Announcement:
New CSES Secretariat employees |
| May-14-2009 |
A link for the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network has been added to the list of "Other Comparative Projects" on the About CSES page.
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| May-05-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Book Release - The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann |
| May-04-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Marie Curie Initial Training Network in Electoral Democracy (ELECDEM) |
| Mar-04-2009 |
Two half-time CSES positions in Germany are posted on the GESIS job postings website. The application deadline is March 18, 2009. |
| Mar-03-2009 | CSES Announcement:
New cooperation between GESIS and Michigan on the CSES Secretariat |
| Feb-04-2009 |
Added Hans Rattinger as an ex-officio member of the CSES Module 3 Planning Committee.
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| 2006 |
| Dec-04-2006 |
Posted papers by McAllister, Shastri, and Suri on the Bangalore 2006 Conference and Planning Committee meeting page.
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| Nov-30-2006 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Bangalore, India in November 2006.
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| Oct-13-2006 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 307 entries. |
| Oct-09-2006 |
Chinese translations of the CSES homepage and About the CSES are now available. |
| Jun-26-2006 | CSES Announcement:
Module 3 is available, Module 2 deadline, and IPSA panels |
| Jun-05-2006 |
The Macro Report and Sample Design and Data Collection Report for CSES Module 3 are now available for download from the Collaborators page.
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| Jun-02-2006 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 294 entries.
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| Jun-02-2006 |
The list of Module 3 Collaborators has been updated.
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| May-22-2006 |
CSES Module 3 is now officially in use. The questionnaire and respondent booklet are available for download from the Collaborators page.
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| May-22-2006 |
Data collection for CSES Module 2 is now complete. In order to be included in the CSES Module 2 full release, collaborators must deposit datasets and all related documents on or before December 31, 2006. For more information on depositing a Module 2 dataset, please see the Collaborators page.
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| May-08-2006 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the international conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Seville, Spain in March 2006.
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| May-08-2006 |
The list of Module 2 Collaborators has been updated.
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| Apr-10-2006 | An updated version (the fourth) of the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release is now available for download. This release contains six additional election studies - for a total of 32 election studies - among other improvements and additions. |
| Apr-06-2006 |
Corrected technical issue that was causing some characters to display incorrectly.
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| Mar-22-2006 |
The list of Module 2 Collaborators and list of Module 3 Collaborators have been updated.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
CSES Bibliography updated; now contains 253 entries.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
Posted information and pictures from the 2005 CSES Plenary Session held in Washington DC.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
Posted information and pictures from the international conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Taipei, Taiwan in April 2005.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
The CSES Planning Committee webpage has been reorganized.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
The third in a series of planned Public Opinion Pros articles is now available for viewing in the Bibliography and Results section of this website. The article is titled "Democratic Design: The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Project" and was written by W. Phillips Shively.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
The second in a series of planned Public Opinion Pros articles is now available for viewing in the Bibliography and Results section of this website. The article is titled "The Myth of the Disengaged American" and was written by Russell J. Dalton.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
A number of the links on the Election Study Links page have been updated.
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| 2005 |
| Oct-25-2005 |
The Data Center now includes a link to an tool for analyzing CSES Module 1 data online.
We would like to thank ASEP and JD Systems in Madrid, who developed this service and are hosting it at no cost to the study.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Data Center now includes a list of Election Study Links for those that are interested in obtaining the full, original datasets (if available) for election studies that appear in CSES.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Data Center now includes an area where Researcher Contributions can be downloaded.
Researcher Contributions are files specifically related to CSES which have been prepared by individual researchers and made available to the public.
The first such contribution is the "CSES Module 1 and Module 2 Macro Booklet" (July 5, 2005 version) by Ana Espírito-Santo, Diogo Moreira, André Freire, Marina Costa Lobo, and Pedro Magalhães.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Results tables have been updated with data from the CSES Module 2 Advance Release of June 29, 2005.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
A preliminary list of CSES Module 3 Collaborators has been added to the Collaborators Page.
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| Sep-21-2005 |
Coverage maps have been added to the pages listing Module 1 Collaborators and Module 2 Collaborators.
The list of Module 2 collaborators was updated in the process, and a list of countries likely to be included in future Module 2 releases was added.
Last, links to the aforementioned lists are now also available from the main Collaborators page - previously they were only accessible from the Data Center. |
| Sep-21-2005 |
A link to the European Voter Database has been added to the list of Other Comparative Projects on the About CSES page. |
| Aug-18-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 2 dataset (June 29, 2005 version): Sweden (2002) - B3038_E (Left-Right - Party E) |
| Aug-18-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Denmark (1998) - A3011 (Which Party Do You Feel Closer To) |
| Aug-12-2005 |
A new version of the CSES Module 3 Stimulus Paper is available on the Planning Committee page. |
| Jul-20-2005 |
Spanish translations of the CSES homepage and About the CSES are now available. |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Mexico (2000) - Missing Values For A5005, A5007, and A5009 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): New Zealand (1996) - Data for Variable A4004_F is Incorrect |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Belgium-Flanders (1999) - Election Study Note For Variables A3004-A3006 and A3009 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Belgium-Flanders (1999) and Belgium-Walloon (1999) - Election Study Notes For Variables A3004-A3006 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Netherlands (1998) - Election Study Notes for Variables A3004-A3006 and A3009-A3012 |
| Jul-18-2004 | Updated
The CSES Bibliography. |
| Jun-29-2005 | CSES Announcement:
A new version of CSES Module 2 is now available |
| Jun-29-2005 |
New Module 2 erratum: Updates made between the December 15, 2004 and June 29, 2005 releases |
| Jun-29-2005 | An updated version (the third) of the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release is now available for download. This release contains ten additional election studies, among other improvements and additions. |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The online magazine Public Opinion Pros is planning a series of articles that make use of CSES data.
The publisher has granted permission for the articles to be posted in the Bibliography and Results section of CSES website.
The first article in the series is titled "Is the Party Over? Spreading Antipathy Toward Political Parties" and was written by Russell J. Dalton and Steven Weldon.
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| Jun-23-2005 |
The untranslated questionnaire for Spain 1996 is now available, and has been posted in the CSES Module 1 Election Study Archive located in the Data Center. |
| Jun-23-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 2 dataset (December 15, 2004 version): Germany (2002) - Macro Report: B5046, B5050 |
| Jun-23-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Spain (1996 and 2000) - Macro Report: A5051 |
| May-25-2005 | Seven sets of tables and graphs have been added to the Bibliography and Results page to illustrate some of the topics that can be investigated using CSES data. |
| May-20-2005 | Added a list of links to Other Comparative Projects. |
| Apr-06-2005 | A revised version of the CSES Module 3 Stimulus Paper: Meaningful Choices, by Hermann Schmitt and Bernhard Weßels, is now available. |
| Mar-08-2005 | New logo and webpage design implemented. |
| Jan-07-2005 |
New Module 2 erratum: CSES Module 2 Data Set: Sweden (2002) - B3012 (Satisfaction with Democracy) |
| 2003 |
| Dec-04-2003 |
Christiaan Keulder from Namibia has been added as a member of the Module 3 Planning Committee. |
| Oct-31-2003 | Added
contact information for the Module 3 Planning Committee. |
| Oct-23-2003 | A number of
papers and presentations from the
2003 Plenary Meeting have been added. New papers will be added as they become available. |
| Oct-14-2003 | Added information concerning the
CSES Plenary Session of October 3-4, 2003 in the
Planning Committee section of the website. Found there is an attendance list
with contact information, pictures from the conference, an agenda, and list of presentations given. |
| Sep-25-2003 | Added links to a new
mirror FTP site (accessible from the download page). The CSES Secretariat would like to thank the
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research at the
University of Cologne, Germany [historical hyperlink removed] for hosting a mirror FTP site, thus allowing persons geographically
close to Europe to more quickly download CSES data. |
| Sep-15-2003 | Added the help page
How to Read CSES Data into SPSS. The CSES Web Help area is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Sep-12-2003 | Added the help page
How to unZIP a File. The CSES Web Help area is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Sep-12-2003 | Added a new CSES Web Help
area which is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Aug-04-2003 | An updated version
(August 4, 2003) of the CSES Module 1 Data Set is now available, with all posted errata to data applied. |
| Aug-03-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Replacement for Variable A2030 |
| May-19-2003 | The list of
Module 1 Collaborators
and their contact information has been updated and reposted. |
| May-01-2003 | CSES Announcement:
Module 2 Advance Release (May 1, 2003 version) is Now Available |
| May-01-2003 |
New
Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Parties for Whom Respondents Voted |
| May-01-2003 |
New
Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Replacement for Appendix I: Parties and Leaders |
| Apr-28-2003 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Introductory Workshop: July 21-24, 2003: Ann Arbor, Michigan USA |
| Jan-13-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Zeroes present in weights for for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Jan-13-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Russia (1999) - Candidate Mentioned (A3016) for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26,
2002 Version |
| Jan-13-2003 | CSES Module 1 Sample
Design Report and Macro Report updated for Portugal 2002. |
| Jan-13-2003 | Added a new ASCII text version of the
CSES Module 2 Micro Questionnaire. |
| Jan-13-2003 | The CSES
Module 2 Macro Report is now available as a .PDF form that can be filled out within the electronic
document itself. |
| 2002 |
| Dec-05-2002 | Updated
The CSES Bibliography - 20 new citations added for a total now of 63 entries. |
| Nov-20-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Korea (2000) - District, Party of Candidate Voted for (A2031) |
| Nov-20-2002 | Pippa Norris, from the John F. Kennedy School
of Government at Harvard University, has requested feedback from the CSES user community on her forthcoming
book, "Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior." The book examines the role of electoral
rules in shaping voting behavior and political representation, using analyses drawn from the CSES. The book
is due to be published by Cambridge University Press in Fall 2003.Professor Norris can be reached by sending e-mail
to Pippa_Norris@Harvard.edu |
| Oct-01-2002 | Added a blank version of the CSES Module 1
Sample Design
and Data Collection Report  |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
STATA Data Types/Storage Formats: Data Descriptor Statements for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
A5003 - Expanded Definition for Code 11: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Peru (2000) - 'Parties and Leaders' Code Definitions Missing: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set:
July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Mexico (2000) - 'Parties and Leaders' Code Definitions Missing: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set:
July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Australia (1996) - District Level Returns Flipped: Datafile for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Belgium-Flanders (1999) - Multiple Corrections: Datafile for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Sep-27-2002 | New material added to
the CSES Module 1 Election Study Archive (under "Download Data"): untranslated surveys for Spain (2000), Peru (2001),
and Portugal (2002); English-language surveys for Russia (1999), Russia (2000), and Sweden (1998); macro reports
for Iceland (1999), Japan (1996), Portugal (2002), Russia (1999), Russia (2000), and Spain (2000); and design
reports for Denmark (1998), Hungary (1998), Peru (2001), Portugal (2002), Russia (1999) and Russia (2000). |
| Sep-26-2002 | Added the
Respondent Booklet and a new version of the Macro Report
for Module 2 |
| Jul-27-2002 | CSES
Announcement: New Data Set, New Web Page, and APSA Public Meeting |
| Jul-01-2002 | CSES Announcement:
Module 1 Full Release scheduled for July 31 |
| Apr-18-2002 | The CSES "Announcements" page is revised. |
| Apr-05-2002 | Errata 2:
Module 1 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Mar-23-2002 | Errata 1:
Module 1 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Mar-19-2002 | Country documents added for Hong Kong |
| Mar-18-2002 | Release of the Module 1:
1996-2001 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Feb-04-2002 | Country documents added for Belarus, Belgium-Flanders,
and Belgium-Walloonia |
