Codebook
The EU policy agendas codebook is used for coding policy content in a hierarchical manner, employing general policy categories and subcategories corresponding to issues within a policy theme. The codebook contains 21 general policy categories and over 250 subcategores. The general topics are:
Agriculture
Banking, Finance and Internal Market Civil Rights and Liberties Culture Defence Education Energy |
Environment
Employment EU Governance Foreign Affairs Foreign Trade Health Immigration |
Law and Crime
Macroeconomics Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues Regional Policy Science, Technology and Communications Social Policy Transportation |
Version 3.3 - April 2015
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Version 3.3 - April 2015
for coding European Council Conclusions (contains additional variables) |
If you have any questions regarding the EU Policy Agendas codebook, you can contact the codebook coordinator Dr Petya Alexandrova.