Measuring Salience in EU Legislative Politics

The article “Measuring Salience in EU Legislative Politics” evaluates democratic policy of the EU trough the measurement of its political importance. Since the same legislative act can be categorized differently, due to the usage of different salience estimations, it is very important to measure salience empirically. This article compares salience measures based on three different types of data sources—expert interviews, text analysis and media coverage—using legislative proposals that cover different policy fields and types of proposals.