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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 6869

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6869
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06869
 
Title:African Coup Events Data, 1986-1990
 
Principal Investigator(s):T.Y. Wang
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation.
 
Grant Number:SBR-9320554
 
Bibliographic Citation:Wang, T.Y. AFRICAN COUP EVENTS DATA, 1986-1990 [Computer file]. ICPSR06869-v1. Normal, IL: T.Y. Wang, Illinois State University, Dept. of Political Science [producer], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06869
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This survey focuses on coup events in African countries where a state's military, security, or police force was involved. Annual data were collected for coup events between 1986 and 1990 in 45 sub-Saharan African countries. This study replicates McGowan's coding scheme and method of collecting African coup data (see the Related Publication section). Variables include number of successful, attempted, and plotted military coups, as well as year and country name.
 
Subject Term(s):civil disorders, coup d'etat, internal political conflict, military regimes
 
Geographic Coverage:Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global
 
Time Period:1986 - 1990
 
Date(s) of Collection:1994 - 1995
 
Universe:Sub-Saharan African countries.
 
Data Type:event/transaction data
 

Methodology

Data Source:Index to THE NEW YORK TIMES, Keesing's Contemporary Archives, AFRICAN RESEARCH BULLETIN, and Foreign Broadcast Information Services (McGowan, 1986: A-3)
 

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:1997-04-14
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: African Coup Events Data, 1986-1990
 

 

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