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Description & Citation--Study No. 5403

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5403
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05403
 
Title:Dyadic and Multilateral Events, 1948-1970
 
Principal Investigator(s):Barry Hughes
 
  P. Terrence Hopmann
 
Bibliographic Citation:Hughes, Barry, and P. Terrence Hopmann. DYADIC AND MULTILATERAL EVENTS, 1948-1970 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05403
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains information on 8,383 dyadic and multilateral events among executive actors from 31 nations in the period 1948-1970. Data are provided for the date of event, number and code names of countries involved in event, and intensity of event. Events are coded on scale B of the Moses-Brody conflict-cooperation scale, which runs from events of great cooperation to events of intense conflict.
 
Subject Term(s):arms race, conflict, international agreements, international conflict, international relations, political leaders, treaties, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China (Peoples Republic), Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Korea (North), Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Yugoslavia
 
Geographic Coverage:Global
 
Time Period:1848 - 1970
 
Universe:A total of 8,383 dyadic and multilateral international events among executive actors from 31 nations in the period 1948-1970.
 
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:KEESING'S CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVES
 

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: Dyadic and Multilateral Events, 1948-1970
 

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