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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 5026

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5026
 
Title:Diplomatic Exchange Data, 1815-1970
 
Principal Investigator(s):J. David Singer
 
  Melvin Small
 
Bibliographic Citation:Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small. DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGE DATA, 1815-1970 [Computer file]. ICPSR05026-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Mental Health Research Institute, Correlates of War Project [producer]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection comprises two of four companion datasets produced by the Correlates of War Project at the University of Michigan. It provides coded information for the presence or absence at five-year intervals of a diplomatic mission from every other member in the international system.
 
Subject Term(s):diplomacy, embassies, foreign policy, international affairs, international alliances, international relations, nineteenth century, twentieth century
 
Geographic Coverage:Global, Global
 
Time Period:1815 - 1970
 
Universe:A total of 128 nations in the period 1815-1970.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:See also the related data collections, DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS RECEIVED BY EACH INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM MEMBER, 1817-1970 [ICPSR 5025], 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
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 1992-02-16.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 3 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Asymmetric File
  • DS2: Symmetric File
  • DS3: Codebook For All Parts