COSPAL-COmparative Study or PArty Leaders

Data on the selection of political party leaders is made available by the COSPAL project (Comparative Study of Party Leaders) coordinated by Jean-Benoit Pilet (Université libre de Bruxelles) and William Cross (Carleton University Ottawa). The dataset covers 14 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Norway, and the United Kingdom) over the period 1965-2019. It contains detailed data on the rules organization the selection of political party leaders, on the sociodemographic and political characteristics of party leaders and on leadership races. The dataset includes over 3,500 total observations with details on more than 100 political parties, almost 600 party leaders, and over 1,000 leadership races.由让-伯努瓦·皮莱（Jean-Benoit Pilet，布鲁塞尔自由大学）与威廉·克罗斯（William Cross，渥太华卡尔顿大学）牵头协调的COSPAL项目（Comparative Study of Party Leaders，政党领袖比较研究）现已发布政党领袖遴选相关数据集。该数据集覆盖1965年至2019年间的14个国家，具体包括澳大利亚、奥地利、比利时、加拿大、丹麦、德国、匈牙利、以色列、意大利、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、西班牙、挪威及英国。数据集包含三类详实数据：其一为规范政党领袖遴选流程的组织规则；其二为政党领袖的社会人口统计学特征与政治属性；其三为党内领袖竞选的相关细节。本数据集总计拥有超过3500条观测样本，覆盖超100个政党、近600位政党领袖以及逾1000场党内领袖竞选活动。