Peace and Prosperity without Unity? The Current State of European Politics

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on European politics.

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Journal of European Integration: .Scholarly work on all aspects of the European integration process.

Journal of Common Market Studies: .Innovative peer-reviewed research on Europe and comparative regional studies.

British Politics and Policy: .From the London School of Economics.

Journal of European Public Policy: .One of the flagship journals in the study of public policy, European politics and the EU.

JEPP Online: .Official blog of the Journal of European Public Policy.

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European Politics Data Sites

Eurostat: .The statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.

EU Open Data Portal: .Provides access to an expanding range of data from the European Union (EU) institutions and other EU bodies.

Swedish National Data Service: .Facilitates access to new and existing Swedish research data.

European Election Studies: .About electoral participation and voting behavior in European Parliament elections.

Danish National Election Study: .Data from all 16 elections in the 1971-2011 period.

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New European Politics Articles with Replication Data

Analyzing the Cross-National Comparability of Party Positions on the Socio-cultural and EU Dimensions in EuropeSeth Jolly; Ryan Bakker; Jonathan Polk (2022)

Backscratching in Banks: Political Cycles in Bank Manager AppointmentsJonas Markgraf (2022)

Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed Between Social Ties Influences Danish VotersJames E. Alt; Amalie Jensen; *Horacio Larreguy; David D. Lassen; John Marshall (2022)

Do Disabled Candidates Represent Disabled Citizens?Stefanie Reher (2022)

Have Europeans Grown Tired of Democracy? New Evidence from 18 Consolidated Democracies, 1981-2018*Alexander Wuttke; Gavras; *Harald Schoen (2022)

How Transnational Party Alliances Influence National Parties' PoliciesRoman Senninger; Daniel Bischof; Lawrence Ezrow (2022)

It's All About Solidarity Stupid! How Solidarity Frames Structure the Party Political SpherePeter Thijssen; Pieter Verheyen (2022)

Making Unequal Democracy Work? The Effects of Income on Voter Turnout in Northern ItalyJerome Schafer; Enrico Cantoni; Giorgio Bellettini; Carlotta Berti Ceroni (2022)

Many Ways to Be Right: Cross-Pressured Voters in Western EuropeNoam Gidron (2022)

People Haven't Had Enough of Experts: Technocratic Attitudes Among Citizens in Nine European DemocraciesEri Bertsou; Daniele Caramani (2022)

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Authors with Datasets

Sven-Oliver Proksch .

Markus Wagner .

Francois Briatte .European School of Political and Social Sciences, see research page.

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