Alonso Sáenz de Oger, SoniaGómez Fortes, BraulioCabeza Pérez, Laura2024-11-252024-11-252013-05Alonso, S., Gómez, B., & Cabeza, L. (2013). Measuring Centre-Periphery Preferences: The Regional Manifestos Project. Regional and Federal Studies, 23(2), 189-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2012.7543511359-756610.1080/13597566.2012.754351http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2097We propose a methodology for measuring political parties' centre-periphery preferences and positions. The proposal is based on an extension of the Manifesto Project's methodology that allows us to analyse manifestos in multi-level settings (i.e. manifestos written for sub- and supra-state electoral arenas). This adaptation requires extending the Manifesto classification scheme to include territorial preferences together with policy preferences specific to each electoral level. It has two major objectives: on the one hand, it allows us to apply content analysis to manifestos written for all possible electoral levels; on the other, it measures parties' centre-periphery preferences beyond the widely used and uninformative categories of 'centralization/decentralization' and 'nationalism'. We have applied our methodology to Spanish state-level and regional-level manifestos between 2009 and 2012 with encouraging results. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.eng© 2013 Taylor & FrancisCentre-periphery cleavageParties' manifestosPositional scalesRegional electionsjournal article2024-11-251743-9434