Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative, cross-national program of comparative electoral behavior among over 60 election study teams from around the world. The CSES allows examination into how societal, political, economic and structural contexts shape citizen behavior and condition democratic choice; the nature of political and social divisions; and how citizens in different political systems evaluate democratic institutions and processes. Participating countries include a common module of survey questions in their post-election studies. The resulting data are deposited along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables. The studies are then merged into a single, free, public dataset for use in comparative study and cross-level analysis. The research agenda, questionnaires, and study design are developed by an international committee of leading scholars of electoral politics and political science. The design is implemented in each country by their foremost social scientists.

《选举制度比较研究》（Comparative Study of Electoral Systems，简称CSES）是一项由全球超过60个选举研究团队参与的跨国家合作项目，旨在比较不同国家的选举行为。该研究项目使得研究者能够深入探究社会、政治、经济和结构环境如何塑造公民行为及影响民主选择；政治和社会分化的本质；以及在不同政治体系下，公民如何评价民主机构和程序。参与国家在其选举后研究中均包含一套共同调查问题。所得数据与投票、人口统计、区域和宏观变量一同存档。随后，这些研究被合并为一个单一、免费、公开的数据集，供比较研究和跨层次分析使用。研究议程、问卷和研究设计由国际选举政治和政治科学领域的顶尖学者组成的委员会制定。各国由其顶级社会科学家负责实施该设计。