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Description & Citation--Study No. 5206

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5206
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05206
 
Title:Political Events Project, 1948-1965
 
Principal Investigator(s):Ivo Feierabend
 
  Rosalind Feierabend
 
  Betty Nesvold
 
Funding Agency:United States Office of Naval Research.
 
Grant Number:N00014-67-A-0181-0026
 
Bibliographic Citation:Feierabend, Ivo, Rosalind Feierabend, and Betty Nesvold. POLITICAL EVENTS PROJECT, 1948-1965 [Computer file]. Conducted by Ivo Feierabend, Rosalind Feierabend, and Betty Nesvold, California State University. 3rd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05206
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study contains data on 6,754 political instability events in 84 selected nations in the period 1948-1965. These data, which permit measurement of political instability and the correlates of internal conflict behavior, are concerned with conflict directed by groups and individuals in the prevailing political system against other groups or persons, and with uncovering the determinants of stability within all national political systems. The variables in the dataset are divided into four basic types: variables that identify events, classify events, describe events, and evaluate events. The study provides a conflict intensity rating for each event. Political instability events are classified from low to high and include institutionally prescribed elections, the fall of cabinets, martial laws, assassinations of significant group leaders, mass arrests, coup d'etats, and civil wars.
 
Subject Term(s):assassinations, civil disorders, civil wars, coup d'etat, internal political conflict, martial law, political opposition, political violence, Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea (South), Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
 
Geographic Coverage:Global
 
Time Period:1948 - 1965
 
Universe:Political events involving 84 nations that were independent prior to 1955 in the period 1948-1965.
 
Data Type:event/transaction data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Data Source:(1) DEADLINE DATA ON WORLD AFFAIRS, and (2) ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA YEARBOOK
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Political Events Project, 1948-1965
 

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