The internal analysis of election programmes (ie. of the concerns and emphases they contain) in both the domestic and the comparative contexts. A later version of this dataset is held at SN:3437. Users should note, however, that the later version does not totally supersede this version as the data does not always cover the early dates for all countries. See <i>Time Period Covered</i> for details. A later study based on the work of the Manifesto Research Group is also held at the Archive under SN:4091. Variables Fifty-nine specially derived issue categories grouped into seven major themes (external relations, economic policy, social groups etc.) The coding categories are designed, as far as possible, to be comparable both between countries and over time. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.