Polarization score in terms of seats

QoG code: ipwe_pseats1

The polarization score of the legislature calculated from parties’ left-right placement according to expert survey data and using Dalton’s polarization index (2008). The score ranges from 0 to 10, where higher values mean higher polarization.

For more information on the methodology and some information for individual countries, please consult the methodology available at https://cise.luiss.it/cise/dataset-of-ideological-polarization-in-western-europe/

Type of variable
Continuous
Last updated by source
2023-08-03

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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section 20
Standard time-series 22

Country coverage

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  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France (-1962)
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Germany, West
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1946 to 2021.