Study title

Parliamentary Debates in Fourteen Countries 1994-2013

Dataset ID Number

FSD3349

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3349
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3349

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Alasuutari, Pertti (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Vento, Eetu (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Pi Ferrer, Laia (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Abstract

The dataset consists of text documents of parliamentary debates from fourteen countries around the world, collected from a period of approximately 20 years (1994-2013). The debates included in this dataset relate to ten different policy areas: foreign and security policy, fiscal policy, environmental policy, education, health and welfare policy, civic policy, science and technology, social policy, consumption, and crime.

The dataset consists of 1,716 debates in total. Each country has its own folder in the dataset, and each country folder contains separate subfolders for each year of debates.

An index of all the debate text files is included in the dataset. The index contains the following information for each file: original file name, FSD file name, year, country, and direct hyperlink to the document.

The dataset is only available in the original languages (Spanish, English, Finnish, Portuguese, and Russian).

Keywords

consumption; defence and state security policy; economic policy; education; environment; health; legislative process; legislature; nationality; science; technology and innovation; welfare policy

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Vento, Eetu (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Alasuutari, Pertti (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Pi Ferrer, Laia (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
• Tiaynen-Qadir, Tatiana (University of Eastern Finland)

Time Period Covered

1994 – 2013

Collection Dates

2014-01-01 – 2017-12-31

Nation

Argentina, Australia, Chile, Spain, Great Britain, Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Portugal, Finland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Russia, United States of America

Geographical Coverage

Argentina, Australia, Chile, Spain, Great Britain, Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Portugal, Finland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Russia, United States of America

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

Parliamentary debates in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Spain, Great Britain, Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Portugal, Finland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Russia, and the United States in the following policy areas: foreign and security policy, fiscal policy, environmental policy, education, health and welfare policy, civic policy, science and technology, social policy, consumption, and crime.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The data were collected from public sources using stratified sampling. The aim was to collect parliamentary debates from a period of 20 years (1994-2013) from different countries and to achieve an even spread throughout the years and countries. Ten policy areas were included in the sample: foreign and security policy, fiscal policy, environmental policy, education, health and welfare policy, civic policy, science and technology, social policy, consumption, and crime. The objective was to collect approximately six debates per year for each country.

Collection Mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Data Files

1,716 PDF files and an index in ODS format.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English, Finnish, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Alasuutari, Pertti (University of Tampere) & Vento, Eetu (University of Tampere) & Pi Ferrer, Laia (University of Tampere): Parliamentary Debates in Fourteen Countries 1994-2013 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-04-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3349

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Tiaynen-Qadir, Tatiana & Qadir, Ali & Alasuutari, Pertti (2019) Russia in world society: A comparative perspective on international references in parliamentary debates. Acta Sosiologica 62 (2), 228-242.