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PPEG - Political Parties, Presidents, Elections and Governments, Version 2022v1
No full textThe PPEG Database contains information on political parties, presidents, elections, and governments around the world. Version 2022v1 covers 72 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe between 1945 and 2021 including data on 3 030 political parties, 1 011 parliamentary elections, 338 presidential elections, and 1 881 cabinets.
See https://ppeg.wzb.eu/ for additional information.
Current collaborators: Werner Krause (since 2011, University of Potsdam) and Robert Stelzle (since 2020, WZB Berlin).
Past contributors: Sven Regel (2009-2021), Klara Podkowik (2019-2020), Markus Konrad (2017, 2020), Clara Montero (2017-2019), Alexandra Keiner (2016-2019), Dag Tanneberg (2008-2011), Sandra Brunsbach (2005-2007), Felix Schwarzer (2003-2005), Alexander Belussov (2000-2003), Kai-Uwe Schnapp (1999-2002).
Data collection initiated by Edeltraud Roller and Bernhard Weßels (1999).
Supported by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center
PPEG - Political Parties, Presidents, Elections and Governments, Version 2024v1
No full textThe PPEG Database contains information on political parties, presidents, elections, and governments around the world. Version 2024v1 covers 73 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe between 1945 and 2023 including data on 3 261 political parties, 1 060 parliamentary elections, 380 presidential elections, and 1 961 cabinets.
See https://ppeg.wzb.eu/ for additional information.
Current collaborators: Werner Krause (since 2011, University of Potsdam) and Robert Stelzle (since 2020, WZB Berlin).
Past contributors: Sven Regel (2009-2021), Klara Podkowik (2019-2020), Markus Konrad (2017, 2020), Clara Montero (2017-2019), Alexandra Keiner (2016-2019), Dag Tanneberg (2008-2011), Sandra Brunsbach (2005-2007), Felix Schwarzer (2003-2005), Alexander Belussov (2000-2003), Kai-Uwe Schnapp (1999-2002).
Data collection initiated by Edeltraud Roller and Bernhard Weßels (1999).
Supported by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Das Profil öffentlicher Ernährungskommunikation – eine Synopse
No full textSchiek D, Barlösius E. Das Profil öffentlicher Ernährungskommunikation – eine Synopse. WZB-Discussion-Paper. Berlin: WZB Berlin; 2006
Growing in a Niche: Dual Study Programs Contribute to Change in Germany's Higher Education
Get PDFpeer reviewedThe German educational model is characterized by a historically evolved strong institutional divide between the vocational education and training system and the higher education system. Yet, the contemporary development of dual study programs implies the systematic combination of institutional elements from both subsystems. The rapid expansion of these programs is based on the hybridization of organizational structures – outside of traditional structures – at the nexus of traditional organizational fields of vocational training and higher education
Commentary on Dimitry Kochenov, “Citizenship” (MIT Press 2019),“Are Citizenship Regimes Totalitarian?”
No full textIs citizenship really about liberalism, equality, and justice for all, or in fact about hypocrisy, domination, and chauvinism? Please join us to discuss how dark is "the dark side of citizenship" following the newly-released book, Citizenship (MIT Press, 2019)
Presented by Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen)
Discussants:
Christian Joppke (University of Bern)
Ruud Koopmans (WZB Berlin)
Yasemin Soysal (University of Essex)
Chair: Ashley Mantha-Hollands (WZB Berlin
Regime and cultural determinants of the acceptance of political decisions in times of crisis (DAPEK)
No full textUnder what conditions are people prepared to accept restrictions on their personal freedoms in order to protect their own well-being and health, but above all the well-being and health of others? What do decision-making processes have to look like in order to be regarded as legitimate by citizens? Are there freedoms that people do not want to give up under any circumstances? What role does the democratic quality of a political regime play in these questions, and what is the role of various cultural characteristics?
These questions, which refer to the area of tension between individual liberties and collective welfare, arise with particular urgency in view of the worldwide Corona pandemic, but also with a view to future crises, such as the impending climate catastrophe.
To study these questions, DAPEK surveyed 9,000 respondents from six countries (Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland, South Korea, and Spain – 1,500 respondents each) in November 2021. Core of the data collection are two survey experiments. First, a conjoint experiment is designed to analyze which restrictions in pandemic countermeasures affect citizen support. Second, a combination of a best-worst-scaling approach with a framing experiment scrutinizes which political decision-making procedures citizens prefer and whether that varies by different societal challenges. The experimental data are flanked by extensive individual-level data, a.o. on demographics, as well as political and cultural value orientations.
DAPEK is a short-term project of the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script", which is located at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, among others.
Keywords: covid-19, value orientations, societal challenges, decision-making process, freedomUnder what conditions are people prepared to accept restrictions on their personal freedoms in order to protect their own well-being and health, but above all the well-being and health of others? What do decision-making processes have to look like in order to be regarded as legitimate by citizens? Are there freedoms that people do not want to give up under any circumstances? What role does the democratic quality of a political regime play in these questions, and what is the role of various cultural characteristics?
These questions, which refer to the area of tension between individual liberties and collective welfare, arise with particular urgency in view of the worldwide Corona pandemic, but also with a view to future crises, such as the impending climate catastrophe.
To study these questions, DAPEK surveyed 9,000 respondents from six countries (Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland, South Korea, and Spain – 1,500 respondents each) in November 2021. Core of the data collection are two survey experiments. First, a conjoint experiment is designed to analyze which restrictions in pandemic countermeasures affect citizen support. Second, a combination of a best-worst-scaling approach with a framing experiment scrutinizes which political decision-making procedures citizens prefer and whether that varies by different societal challenges. The experimental data are flanked by extensive individual-level data, a.o. on demographics, as well as political and cultural value orientations.
DAPEK is a short-term project of the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script", which is located at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, among others.
Keywords: covid-19, value orientations, societal challenges, decision-making process, freedo
Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization Survey
No full textThe "Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization Survey (RFRS)" is a large-scale cross-sectional survey conducted among Muslims, Christians, Jews, and non-believers in Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Turkey, and the USA. The survey is designed specifically to test hypotheses related to determinants of religious radicalization. It includes a broad range of variables concerning religiosity, religious knowledge, and fundamentalism, as well as a survey experiment concerning the effect of religious scripture on religious violence legitimation. The data collection in Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey was funded by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, whereas the data collection in the USA was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#435-2012-0922). The fieldwork for the survey took place between November 2016 and June 2017. The data set currently only includes the variables used in the following publications: Kanol, Eylem (2021): Explaining Unfavorable Attitudes Toward Religious Out-Groups Among Three Major Religions. In: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Early view articles. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12725 Koopmans, Ruud; Kanol, Eylem; Stolle, Dietlind (2021): Scriptural legitimation and the mobilisation of support for religious violence: Experimental evidence across three religions and seven countries. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47 (7), pp. 1498-1516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1822158 Kanol, Eylem (2024): Who Supports Jihadi Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq? Assessing the Role of Religion- and Grievance-based Explanations. In: Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2024.2306872
Analyses of other parts of the data set are ongoing. Once these are completed, the entire data set will be made publicly available.The "Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization Survey (RFRS)" is a large-scale cross-sectional survey conducted among Muslims, Christians, Jews, and non-believers in Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Turkey, and the USA. The survey is designed specifically to test hypotheses related to determinants of religious radicalization. It includes a broad range of variables concerning religiosity, religious knowledge, and fundamentalism, as well as a survey experiment concerning the effect of religious scripture on religious violence legitimation. The data collection in Cyprus, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey was funded by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, whereas the data collection in the USA was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#435-2012-0922). The fieldwork for the survey took place between November 2016 and June 2017. The data set currently only includes the variables used in the following publications: Kanol, Eylem (2021): Explaining Unfavorable Attitudes Toward Religious Out-Groups Among Three Major Religions. In: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Early view articles. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12725 Koopmans, Ruud; Kanol, Eylem; Stolle, Dietlind (2021): Scriptural legitimation and the mobilisation of support for religious violence: Experimental evidence across three religions and seven countries. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47 (7), pp. 1498-1516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1822158 Kanol, Eylem (2024): Who Supports Jihadi Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq? Assessing the Role of Religion- and Grievance-based Explanations. In: Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2024.2306872
Analyses of other parts of the data set are ongoing. Once these are completed, the entire data set will be made publicly available
A Service of zbw Tax-price elasticity of charitable donations: Evidence from the German taxpayer panel Economics of Change Tax-price Elasticity of Charitable Donations - Evidence from the German Taxpayer Panel
No full textStandard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Discussion papers of the WZB serve to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publication to encourage the exchange of ideas and academic debate. Inclusion of a paper in the discussion paper series does not constitute publication and should not limit publication in any other venue. The discussion papers published by the WZB represent the views of the respective author(s) and not of the institute as a whole. The results suggest that the permanent tax-price elasticity varies significantly by income class, ranging from -0.2 for low incomes to -1.6 for higher incomes. Permanent income elasticity does not vary much among income classes, is rather low, and ranges between 0.2-0.3. The donors adjust their donations gradually after changes in the tax schedule and respond to future predictable changes in price. They respond to changes in current and, to a smaller extent, in future income. Terms of use: Documents i
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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