Party competence
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Following the SGI codebook, the country’s performance has been assessed on a scale from 1 to 10.
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Score 2011
1Australia
9
 
1Denmark
9
 
1New Zealand
9
 
1Norway
9
 
1Sweden
9
 
1UK
9
 
7Belgium
8
 
7Finland
8
 
7Luxembourg
8
 
7Netherlands
8
 
7Spain
8
 
7Switzerland
8
 
13Austria
7
 
13Canada
7
 
13Chile
7
 
13Czech Rep.
7
 
13Germany
7
 
13Ireland
7
 
13Japan
7
 
13USA
7
 
21France
6
 
21Iceland
6
 
21Italy
6
 
21Mexico
6
 
21Portugal
6
 
26Poland
5
 
26Slovakia
5
 
28Hungary
4
 
28Turkey
4
 
30Greece
3
 
31South Korea
2
 
10
Question
Do the major parties propose feasible and coherent policies in their electoral programs?
Indicator Design
Party competence: texts + scores are based on independent assessments by two experts. Results were adjusted for cross-national consistency by the regional coordinator and SGI board.
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