Major projects and databases

The following list contains links to information on current major research project involving members of the Standing Group, and/or links to online databases which members of the Standing Group have suggested might be of interest to colleagues.

If any members wish to update that information, or to provide additional information, they are invited to contact the group’s Secretary.

Acronym	Title of the project or database
CCS	Comparative Candidate Survey http://www.comparativecandidates.org
CMP	Comparative Manifesto Project https://manifestoproject.wzb.eu
COSPAL	Political Party Leaders http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415704168
CSES	Comparative Study of Electoral Systems http://cses.org
DPI	Databases of Political Institutions Databases of Political Institutions
ECPR PDY	ECPR Political Data Yearbook http://www.politicaldatayearbook.com
EES	European Election Studies http://eeshomepage.net
ELECVOL	Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its internal components in Western Europe (1945-2015) http://cise.luiss.it/cise/dataset-of-electoral-volatility-and-its-internal-components-in-western-europe-1945-2015/
ENPP	Effective Number of Political Parties https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effno.php
EPRG	European Parliament research group http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
ERDDA	Governments in Europe / European Representative Democracy / Comparative Parliamentary Democracy / Nordic Politics http://www.erdda.se
ESCE	Electoral System Change in Europe since 1945 http://www.electoralsystemchanges.eu
EVP	True European Voter Project http://true-european-voter.eu
GED	Global Elections Database http://www.globalelectionsdatabase.com
GOG	Quality of Governance Quality of governance
ICPSR	Comparative Political Parties Data 1950-1962 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/7534
IDEA	International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance http://www.idea.int
KATZ&MAIR	Katz-Mair (1992) Party Organizational Data http://dvn.eudo.eu/dvn/dv/eupp/faces/study/StudyPage.xhtml?studyId=8&studyListingIndex=2_bbe01f51c32470a4e85b78806979
MAPP	Members and Activists of Political Parties http://www.projectmapp.eu
P&E	Parties and Elections. The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe http://www.parties-and-elections.eu
PAIRDEM	Party-Interest Group Relationships in Contemporary Democracies http://www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/research/projects/elin-allern-pairdem/
ParlGov	Parliaments and Governments Database http://www.parlgov.org
PARLINE	Database on national parliaments http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
PARTYLAW	Party Law in Modern Europe. The Legal Regulation of Political Parties in Post-War Europe http://www.partylaw.leidenuniv.nl
PARTYPOLICY	Party Policy in Modern Democracies http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/ppmd/
PDBA	Political Database of the Americas http://pdba.georgetown.edu
PPDB	Political Party Database http://www.politicalpartydb.org
PSEPHOS	Data Archive of electoral information http://psephos.adam-carr.net/index.shtml
V-DEM	Varieties of Democracy https://v-dem.net
WHO Governs	Party Systems and Governments Observatory http://whogoverns.eu