Data Bank of Minority Group Conflict, 1955-1965 (ICPSR 5209)
Principal Investigator(s): Feierabend, Ivo; Feierabend, Rosalind; Kelly, Rose
Summary: This study contains data on conflict events between ethnic, racial, linguistic, and religious minority groups and predominant groups within society in 84 nations in the period 1955-1965. For each event, data are provided for the type of event, number and type of initiator and target of event, nature of minority tension, issues involved, date, location and duration of event, presence of violence, outcome of the event, number of initiators, targets, and mediators injured, arrested, or killed, and ... (more info)
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Feierabend, Ivo, Rosalind Feierabend, and Rose Kelly. Data Bank of Minority Group Conflict, 1955-1965. ICPSR05209-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-07-16. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05209.v2
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05209.v2
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Scope of Study
Summary: This study contains data on conflict events between ethnic, racial, linguistic, and religious minority groups and predominant groups within society in 84 nations in the period 1955-1965. For each event, data are provided for the type of event, number and type of initiator and target of event, nature of minority tension, issues involved, date, location and duration of event, presence of violence, outcome of the event, number of initiators, targets, and mediators injured, arrested, or killed, and number of significant persons involved in the event as initiators, targets, or mediators that were injured, killed, or arrested. A summary scale was developed to measure the different intensity levels of aggressive behavior as well as the degree of friendliness signified by an event in minority tensions.
Subject Terms: aggression, arrests, ethnicity, minorities, minority affairs, race relations, racial tensions, religion, social conflict, social problems, violence
Geographic Coverage: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Global, Greece, Guatamala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Time Period:
- 1955--1965
Universe: A total of about 1,938 conflict events between minority and predominant groups in 84 independent nations in the period 1955-1965.
Data Types: event/transaction data, survey data
Data Collection Notes:
See also the related data collection, SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS OF POLITICAL AGGRESSION (SCOPA) PROJECT, 1955-1964 (ICPSR 5207).
Methodology
Data Source:
(1) DEADLINE DATA ON WORLD AFFAIRS, and (2) ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA YEARBOOKS
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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Original ICPSR Release: 1984-05-03
Version History:
- 2009-07-16 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.
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