Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Ann-Kristin Kölln - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Jonathan Polk
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description
In the early part of 2015, the party secretaries of six of the eight Swedish Riksdag parties (plus the Feminist Initiative as the only other Swedish party represented in the European Parliament) agreed to take part in an online survey of their memberships, which would be administered through the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg.
In May, these party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email. All parties, except for the Social Democrats, sent out the survey to the entire membership list. The Social Democrats sent the survey to a large randomly drawn sample from their membership list. When it was closed on July 3, a total of 10,392 Swedish party members had completed the survey.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Swedish party membership survey is to allow researchers to investigate much more specific and rich questions about party members in Sweden. The survey questions are grouped into six modules: socio-demographic, general political attitudes, reasons for and extent of enrolment, position with
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English
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Department of Political ScienceUnit of analysis
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2015-05-01 – 2015-07-03
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: The survey covered the entire country of Sweden.
Research area
POLITICS, Political behaviour and attitudes
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Society
(INSPIRE topic categories)
Keywords
politics, democracy, party politics, political parties, sweden
Kölln, Ann-Kristin and Jonathan Polk. 2017. "Emancipated party members: Examining ideological incongruence within political parties" Party Politics. 23(1): 18-29.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068816655566
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In the early part of 2015, the party secretaries of six of the eight Swedish Riksdag parties (plus the Feminist Initiative as the only other Swedish party represented in the European Parliament) agreed to take part in an online survey of their memberships, which would be administered through the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg.
In May, these party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email.
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Ann-Kristin Kölln - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Jonathan Polk
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Keywords
politics, democracy, party politics, political parties, sweden
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10392