African Coup Events Data, 1986-1990 (ICPSR 06869)
Principal Investigator(s): Wang, T.Y.
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. (more info)
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Citation
Wang, T.Y. AFRICAN COUP EVENTS DATA, 1986-1990. 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.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06869.v1
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Funding
This survey was funded by:
- National Science Foundation (SBR-9320554)
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 Terms: civil disorders, coup d'etat, internal political conflict, military regimes
Geographic Coverage: Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global
Time Period:
- 1986--1990
Date of Collection:
- 1994--1995
Universe: Sub-Saharan African countries.
Data Types: 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)
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- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Original ICPSR Release: 1997-04-14
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