Publications (63)


Year Citation
2022 Weßels, B. (2022). Leaving the Space—Opening the Gap?: Electoral Effects of Parties’ and Voters’ Repositioning. In R. Schmitt-Beck, S. Roßteutscher, H. Schoen, B. Weßels, & C. Wolf (Eds.), The Changing German Voter (1st ed., pp. 50–77). Oxford University PressOxford. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198847519.003.0003
2022 Lehmann, P., Matthieß, T., Regel, S., & Weßels, B. (2022). Die Ampelkoalition: wie wird aus unterschiedlichen Zielen ein gemeinsames Regierungsprogramm? Bielefeld: transcript. doi: 10.14361/9783839463321
2023 Ivanusch, C., Zehnter, L., & Burst, T. (2023). Communicating in an eventful campaign: A case study of party press releases during the German federal election campaign 2021. Electoral Studies, 86, 102703. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102703
2024 Ivanusch, C. (2024). Where do parties talk about what? Party issue salience across communication channels. West European Politics, 1–27. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2024.2322234
2016 Merz, N., Regel, S., & Lewandowski, J. (2016). The Manifesto Corpus: A new resource for research on political parties and quantitative text analysis. Research And Politics, 3(2), 2053168016643346. doi: 10.1177/2053168016643346
2018 Merz, N. (2018). The Manifesto-Media Link: How Mass Media Mediate Manifesto Messages (PhD thesis). Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/18863
2015 Volkens, A., Ares, C., Bratanova, R., & Kaftan, L. (2015). Análisis de contenido de textos con referencias al Manifesto Project (2000-2015): temas, actores, y métodos para medir preferencias políticas. RIPS: Revista De Investigaciones Políticas y Sociológicas, 14(2). doi: 10.15304/rips.14.2.2895
2011 Lacewell, O. P., & Werner, A. (2011). Comparative Manifesto Data Quality: Assessing the influence of personal characteristics on manifesto coding.. Presented at Southern Political Science Conference. New Orleans, USA.
2012 Lacewell, O. P., Regel, S., & Werner, A. (2012). Can Exclusionary Politics Increase the Quality of Representation?: Assessing the Impact of Anti-minority Party Tactics on Party Systems.. Presented at 70th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2014 Döring, H., & Regel, S. (2014). partyfacts.org: A new platform for collaborative data collection on political parties. Presented at ECPR General Conference. Glasgow, UK.
2014 Lewandowski, J., Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2014). Announcing the Manifesto Corpus: A Digital Open-Access Multilingual Corpus of Electoral Programs. Presented at Workshop "Political Context Matters: Content Analysis in the Social Sciences". Mannheim, Germany.
2011 Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2011). Approaching the Manifesto Creation Processes \& Functions: A Typology of Party Manifestos. Presented at ECPR Joint Sessions. St. Gallen, Switzerland.
2012 Regel, S., & Werner, A. (2012). Representation by Ideological Congruence: Comparing parties’ and citizens’ positions beyond point-estimates.. Presented at 70th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2010 Regel, S. (2010). The Manifesto Project Database: A Large-scale Political Text Access and Analysis Database. Presented at Workshop From Text to Political Positions, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2010 Regel, S. (2010). The European Parliament Legislative Behavior Dataset: Identifying Checks, Challenges, and Pitfalls of Dataset Creation from Official Online Sources. Presented at Workshop Quantifying Europe: Pitfalls and Challenges of the Data Generation Process. Mannheim, Germany.
2011 Regel, S. (2011). Analyzing Party Cohesion in Western European National Parliaments: The Comparative Legislative Voting Dataset. Presented at ECPR Joint Sessions.
2011 Schultze, H., Lehmann, P., & Regel, S. (2011). Testing the Disaffection Hypothesis: A General Evaluation. Presented at 69th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2012 Wagner, A., Lehmann, P., Regel, S., & Schulze, H. (2012). Subjektiv wahrgenommene Repräsentation – Eine räumliche Modellierung auf Basis von Sachfragen. Presented at DVPW Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Marburg, Germany.
2013 Werner, A. (2013). Are Political Parties Failing? An Investigation into the Quality of Representation in Western Europe. Presented at American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA.
2014 Werner, A. (2014). Are Political Parties Failing? The Quality of Party Representation and its Evaluation. Presented at Australian Political Studies Association Annual Meeting. Sydney, Australia.
2013 Volkens, A., Bara, J., Budge, I., McDonald, M. D., & Klingemann, H.-D. (Eds.). (2013). Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1995 Weßels, B. (1995). Evaluations of the EC: Elite or Mass-Driven? In O. Niedermayer & R. Sinnott (Eds.), Public Opinion and Internationalized Governance (pp. 137–162). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2014 Weßels, B., & Schmitt, H. (2014). Meaningful Choices: Does Parties' Supply Matter? In J. Thomassen (Ed.), Elections and Democracy. Representation and Accountability (pp. 38–59). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2017 Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, Gancheva, Darina, & Weßels, Bernhard. (2017). Ideological Congruence: Choice, Visibility and Clarity. In Harfst, Philipp, Kubbe, Ina, & Poguntke, Thomas (Eds.), Parties, Governments and Elites: The Comparative Study of Democracy (pp. 51–70). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
2015 Giebler, H., Lacewell, O. P., Regel, S., & Werner, A. (2015). Niedergang oder Wandel? In W. Merkel (Ed.), Demokratie und Krise (pp. 181–219). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-05945-3_7
2015 Regel, S. (2015). Analyzing Legislative Behaviour in European National Parliaments: Similiarities, Differences and their Causes. Presented at 73th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2018 Abou-Chadi, T., & Krause, W. (2018). The Causal Effect of Radical Right Success on Mainstream Parties’ Policy Positions: A Regression Discontinuity Approach. British Journal Of Political Science, 1–19. doi: 10.1017/S0007123418000029
2019 Döring, H., & Regel, S. (2019). Party Facts: A database of political parties worldwide. Party Politics, 1–13. doi: 10.1177/1354068818820671
2019 Lehmann, P., Matthieß, T., & Regel, S. (2019). Rechts der anderen. Themen und Positionen der AFD im Parteienwettbewerb. In W. Schröder & B. Weßels (Eds.), Smarte Spalter. Die AfD zwischen Bewegung und Parlament (pp. 122–143). Bonn: Verlag J.H.W. Dietz. Retrieved from https://bibliothek.wzb.eu/fulltext/fodk-vt/2019/f-22493.pdf
2020 Matthieß, T. (2020). Retrospective pledge voting: A comparative study of the electoral consequences of government parties’ pledge fulfilment. European Journal Of Political Research. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12377
2013 Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2013). Die Programmatik der Parteien. In O. Niedermayer (Ed.), Handbuch Parteienforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
2012 Brunsbach, S., John, S., & Werner, A. (2012). The Supply Side of Second Order Elections. Comparing German National and European Election Manifestos. German Politics, 1(21), 91–115. doi: 10.1080/09644008.2012.655024
2013 Regel, S. (2013). Data Entry and Access: Introducing the Manifesto Project Database (MPDb ). In Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts (Volkens, Andrea, Judith Bara, Ian Budge, Michael D. McDonald, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, pp. 195–209). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2013 Lehmann, P., & Schulze, H. (2013). Evaluating Congruence Measures Comparatively. In Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts (Volkens, Andrea, Judith Bara, Ian Budge, Michael D. McDonald, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, p. 277−298). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2013 Bara, J., & Volkens, A. (2013). Agents of Representation: Extending MARPOR to Latin America. In Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts (Volkens, Andrea, Judith Bara, Ian Budge, Michael D. McDonald, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, p. 277−298). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2015 Volkens, A., & Merz, N. (2015). Verschwinden die programmatischen Alternativen? In W. Merkel (Ed.), Demokratie und Krise (pp. 95–126). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-05945-3_4
2015 Lehmann, P., Regel, S., & Schlote, S. (2015). Ungleichheit in der politischen Repräsentation. In W. Merkel (Ed.), Demokratie und Krise (pp. 157–180). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-05945-3_6
2015 Newton, K., & Merz, N. (2015). Regieren die Medien? In W. Merkel (Ed.), Demokratie und Krise (pp. 439–471). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-05945-3_15
2014 Wagner, A., Lehmann, P., Regel, S., & Schultze, H. (2014). Räumliche Modelle des Repräsentationsgefühls. Vergleichende Analysen mit Fokus auf die Bundestagswahl 2009. Zeitschrift Für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 8(1), 29–56. doi: 10.1007/s12286-014-0180-2
2013 Lacewell, O. P., & Werner, A. (2013). Divided We Fall? Polarization in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. In C. Bieber & K. Kamps (Eds.), Die US-Präsidentschaftswahl 2012 Analysen der Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH.
2011 Lacewell, O. P., Volkens, A., & Wener, A. (2011). Manifesto Coding Instructions (4th fully revised edition).
2013 Giebler, H., Lacewell, O. P., Regel, S., & Annika, W. (2013). Mythos 'Volkspartei'. Was niemals war, kann kaum verschwinden. WZB-Mitteilungen, 139, 17–21.
2015 Merz, N. (2015). Wie haben die Parteien auf die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise reagiert? Eine Untersuchung der Thematisierungsstrategien europäischer Parteien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Deutschlands. In H. Giebler & A. Wagner (Eds.), Wirtschaft, Krise und Wahlverhalten. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
2013 Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2013). What are Manifestos for? Selecting and Typing Documents in the Database. In Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts (Volkens, Andrea, Judith Bara, Ian Budge, Michael D. McDonald, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, pp. 169–194). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2013 Lehmann, P., Regel, S., & Schlote, S. (2013). Alles in allem funktioniert's. Die Armen sind im Parlament (noch) repräsentiert, WZB-Mitteilungen(139), 22–24.
2014 Lacewell, O. P., Volkens, A., & Werner, A. (2014). Manifesto Coding Instructions (5th fully revised edition).
2011 Brunsbach, S., John, S., Volkens, A., & Werner, A. (2011). Wahlprogramme im Vergleich. In J. Tenscher (Ed.), Superwahljahr 2009. Vergleichende Analysen aus Anlass der Wahlen zum Deutschen Bundestag und zum Europäischen Parlament (Tenscher, Jens, pp. 41–64). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
2012 Werner, A., & Lacewell, O. P. (2012). Programmatic Supply and the Autonomy of US State Parties in 2008 and 2010. Regional \&Amp; Federal Studies, 5(22), 533–552. doi: 10.1080/13597566.2012.725657
2012 Alonso, S., Volkens, A., & Gómez, B. (2012). Análisis de contenido de textos políticos. Madrid: CIS.
2012 Alonso, S., Volkens, A., & Gómez, B. (2012). Content-analyzing political texts. Madrid: CIS.
2015 Lehmann, P., & Zobel, M. (2015). A Question of National Pride or Universal Rights: How Parties Frame Immigration Issues. Presented at 73th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2015 Lehmann, P. (2015). Input Representation in Germany: How Well do Political Parties Represent their Electoral Promises in Parliamentary Debates? Presented at 73th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, USA.
2010 Brunsbach, S., Volkens, A., & Werner, A. (2010). The Supply Side of Second Order Elections: Comparing German National and European Election Manifestos. Presented at 36th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP). London, UK.
2012 Giebler, H., Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2012). A Comparative Analysis of Citizens' and Politicians' Problem Perceptions and their Effect on Electoral Choice. Presented at 2nd Annual General Conference Of The European Political Science Association, Berlin, Germany.
2013 Lehmann, P., Merz, N., & Regel, S. (2013). Das Manifestoprojekt zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel – ein Werkstattbericht. Presented at Workshop Quantitative Textanalyse des SFB 597. Bremen, Germany.
2012 Lacewell, O. P., & Werner, A. (2012). U.S. State Party Autonomy and Electoral Success in 2008 and 2010.. Presented at 2012 American Politics Group Annual Conference, (January 5-6, 2012). Manchester, UK.
2019 Krause, W. (2019). Appearing Moderate or Radical? Radical Left Party Success and the Two-Dimensional Political Space. West European Politics, Online First, 1–23. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2019.1672019
2019 Krause, W., & Giebler, H. (2019). Shifting Welfare Policy Positions: The Impact of Radical Right Populist Party Success Beyond Migration Politics. Representation, Online First, 1–18. doi: 10.1080/00344893.2019.1661871
2018 Lehmann, P., & Zobel, M. (2018). Positions and saliency of immigration in party manifestos: A novel dataset using crowd coding. European Journal Of Political Research, 0(0). doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12266
2017 Merz, N. (2017). Gaining voice in the mass media: The effect of parties’ strategies on party–issue linkages in election news coverage. Acta Politica, 52(4), 436–460. doi: 10.1057/s41269-016-0026-9
2005 Aarts, K., & Weßels, B. (2005). Electoral Turnout. In J. Thomassen (Ed.), The European Voter. A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies (pp. 64–83). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2005 Aarts, K., & Weßels, B. (2005). Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland und bei europäischen Nachbarn. In J. W. Falter, O. W. Gabriel, & B. Weßels (Eds.), Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2002 (pp. 595–617). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
2015 Lewandowski, J., Merz, N., Regel, S., & Lehmann, P. (2015, May). manifestoR: Access and Process Data and Documents of the Manifesto Project. Retrieved from http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/manifestoR/index.html