Dyadic and Multilateral Events, 1948-1970

Principal Investigator(s): Hughes, Barry; Hopmann, P. Terrence

Summary: This data collection contains information on 8,383 dyadic and multilateral events among executive actors from 31 nations in the period 1948-1970. Data are provided for the date of event, number and code names of countries involved in event, and intensity of event. Events are coded on scale B of the Moses-Brody conflict-cooperation scale, which runs from events of great cooperation to events of intense conflict. (more info)

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Hughes, Barry, and P. Terrence Hopmann. Dyadic and Multilateral Events, 1948-1970. ICPSR05403-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05403.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05403.v1

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Summary: This data collection contains information on 8,383 dyadic and multilateral events among executive actors from 31 nations in the period 1948-1970. Data are provided for the date of event, number and code names of countries involved in event, and intensity of event. Events are coded on scale B of the Moses-Brody conflict-cooperation scale, which runs from events of great cooperation to events of intense conflict.

Subject Terms: arms race, conflict, international agreements, international conflict, international relations, political leaders, treaties

Geographic Coverage: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China (Peoples Republic), Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Yugoslavia

Time Period:

1848--1970

Universe: A total of 8,383 dyadic and multilateral international events among executive actors from 31 nations in the period 1948-1970.

Data Types: event/transaction data

Data Source:

KEESING'S CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVES

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-05-03

1972

Hopmann, P. Terrence, Hughes, Barry B. Three Programs and Two Data Sets for Analyzing International Interactions. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota.

1977

Hopmann, P. Terrence, Smith, Theresa C. An application of a Richardson process model: Soviet-American interactions in the test ban negotiations 1962-1963. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 21, (4), 701-726.

1967

Moses, Lincoln E., Brody, Richard A., Holsti, Ole R., Kadane, Joseph B., Milstein, Jeffrey S. Scaling data on inter-nation action. Science. 156, (3778), 1054-1059.

1982

Volgy, Thomas J., Kenski, Henry C. Systems theory and foreign policy restructuring: Distance and change in Latin America. International Studies Quarterly. 26, (3), 445-474.

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