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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 5025

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5025
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05025
 
Title:Diplomatic Missions Received by Each International System Member, 1817-1970
 
Principal Investigator(s):J. David Singer
 
  Melvin Small
 
Series:Correlates of War Project Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small. Diplomatic Missions Received by Each International System Member, 1817-1970 [Computer file]. ICPSR05025-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05025
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection comprises one of four companion datasets produced by the Correlates of War Project at the University of Michigan. For each international system member, data are provided at approximately five-year intervals for the number of missions received, the particular nations sending missions, and the rank of mission received (e.g., visit from ambassador, minister, or charge d'affaires) in the period 1817-1970.
 
Subject Term(s):diplomacy, embassies, foreign policy, international alliances, international relations, nations, nineteenth century, twentieth century
 
Geographic Coverage:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Global, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slavakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia
 
Time Period:1817 - 1970
 
Universe:A total of about 128 nations in the period 1817-1970.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:See also the related data collections, DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGE DATA, 1815-1970 (ICPSR 5026), and ANNUAL ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP DATA, 1815-1965 (ICPSR 5602).
 

Methodology

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: Diplomatic Missions Received by Each International System Member, 1817-1970