@article{jahn_conceptualizing_2011,
	title = {Conceptualizing {Left} and {Right} in comparative politics: {Towards} a deductive approach},
	volume = {17},
	issn = {1354-0688},
	shorttitle = {Conceptualizing {Left} and {Right} in comparative politics},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068810380091},
	doi = {10.1177/1354068810380091},
	abstract = {Despite the importance of the Left-Right dimension in comparative politics, establishing an index that captures this dimension in both a theoretically and empirically sound manner remains an ongoing challenge for political scientists. Having reviewed existing attempts to construct measures for the Left-Right dimension, and having concluded that they are merely inductive and problematic from a methodological perspective, this article proposes a deductive approach based on Norberto Bobbio’s theory of Left and Right and suggests a combination with statistically robust measures drawn from the data provided by the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP). The fundamental features of the proposed index are: first, Left and Right are theoretical concepts which should be accounted for in the empirical analysis. Second, the Left-Right dimension is time- and country-specific. Third, different statements have different meanings on a Left-Right scale. Fourth, the importance of the Left-Right dimension itself varies over time and across countries. Finally, the data have to be analysed adequately.},
	language = {en},
	number = {6},
	urldate = {2023-09-17},
	journal = {Party Politics},
	author = {Jahn, Detlef},
	month = nov,
	year = {2011},
	note = {Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd},
	pages = {745--765},
}

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