Every single word - A new dataset including all parliamentary materials published in Germany

In this article, we introduce a unique dataset containing all written communication published by the German Bundestag between 1949 and 2017. Increasing numbers of scholars make use of protocols of parliamentary speeches, parliamentary questions, or the texts of legislative drafts in various fields of comparative politics including representation, responsiveness, professionalization and political careers, or parliamentary agenda studies. Since preparing parliamentary documents is rather resource intense, these studies remain limited to single points in time, types of documents and/or policy areas. The long time horizon and various types of documents covered by our new comprehensive dataset will enable scholars interested in parliaments, parties and representatives to answer various innovative research questions related to legislative studies.

本文介绍了一套独特的数据集，收录了1949年至2017年间德国联邦议院（German Bundestag）发布的全部官方书面通讯内容。当前，越来越多的学者在比较政治学的诸多研究领域中使用议会演讲会议记录、议会质询文本或立法草案文本，这些研究领域包括代议制、回应性、专业化与政治职业发展，以及议会议程研究等。由于筹备议会文件往往需要耗费大量资源，此类研究往往仅能局限于特定时间节点、特定类型的文件或特定政策领域。本套全新的综合性数据集覆盖了长时间跨度与多种类型的文件，将有助于关注议会、政党与议员的学者解答诸多与立法研究相关的创新性研究问题。