Dear PolMeth members,
Some of you may be interested in the call for proposals for the theme and
questionnaire for Module 6 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
(CSES) project. That announcement is below my signature in this email.
Please feel free to disseminate it to any interested individuals or lists.
Proposals are due on or before February 28, 2019.
Best wishes,
-Dave
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David Howell
Associate Director, Center for Political Studies (CPS)
Director of Studies, Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
734-936-1774 (United States)
Dear Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) User Community,
In order to begin the process of identifying a theme for CSES Module 6, a
Task Force has been established to identify gaps in existing research that
CSES Module 6 might address. As part of their work, the Task Force is to
canvas possible substantive themes for the new module and questions that
might be included in the resulting survey.
The purpose of this note is to ask you, as a member of the CSES user
community, to suggest possible themes and questions that the Task Force
should investigate for CSES Module 6.
While we will accept your ideas in any format, as many of the following
items as possible should ideally be included in proposals:
1. Title of proposal
2. A brief overview of the proposal
3. A brief discussion of the theory and broader literature that the
proposal would contribute to
4. A summary and/or links to previous national or comparative studies and
findings
5. A brief discussion of methodological issues, for instance regarding
equivalence across countries
6. A CV for each of the proposers
7. It is not required to suggest specific survey questions that are
relevant to the proposed theme, but it is encouraged. If questions are
included as part of the proposal, please include any evidence from the
questions having been previously tested elsewhere, as prior testing will
make for a stronger application.
8, Please also suggest any contextual/macro variables which would be
necessary to include in the dataset in order to address the proposed theme.
Proposals which address as many as possible of the following criteria will
be more favorably reviewed:
- The potential of the theme to significantly advance science
- The suitability of the theme for cross-national comparison and to be run
in all participating nations, and not just for established democracies; for
a list of nations which have previously participated in CSES please visit
this link: http://www.cses.org/electionstudies.htm
- The theme being of broad interest to the scientific community, lending
itself to a variety of different analyses, and allowing for the writing of
many papers
- The ability of the theme to be adequately addressed within the length of
a typical CSES module. A CSES module cannot be longer than 10-15 minutes in
length. Of this, 5-8 minutes of questions in each module are core content
and likely to be automatically repeated. Therefore, no more than 7-10
minutes of new questions are available to address the theme of the new
module. Demographic and administrative questions do not typically county
against this total. However, if there are specific questions from past CSES
modules (administrative, demographic, or otherwise) which must be included
to address the proposed theme, please mention which questions are required,
as they may count against the minutes which are available. For a list of
variables and questions which have appeared in past CSES modules, please
visit the CSES website.
The CSES is a collaboration of election studies from around the world who
volunteer their time and space on their surveys for our modules.
Participating election studies must be willing and able to implement all of
the content that is included in a CSES module. Any proposal containing
specialized designs, for instance experimental components, should address
how the design is possible and feasible to implement across all election
studies in a comparative, multi-mode, international setting, in addition to
meeting each of the criteria mentioned above.
Please direct your proposals for consideration by the CSES Module 6 Task
Force to the following email address: [log in to unmask]
Proposals received on or before February 28, 2019 will be presented for
feedback and discussion at a meeting of the CSES Planning Committee in
2019. Feedback will be provided to all proposers as soon as possible
thereafter.
Please be aware that proposals and questions may be adapted and modified by
the CSES Planning Committee.
Data collection for CSES Module 6 is anticipated to begin sometime in 2021.
For more information about CSES, please visit our website at:
http://www.cses.org/
Thank you in advance for your ideas, and for your support of the CSES
project!
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