African Foreign Relations and Internal Conflict Analysis (AFRICA) Project, 1964-1966 (ICPSR 5212)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Patrick McGowan

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05212.v1

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Summary

This study contains data on 14,669 foreign policy acts of 32 sub-Saharan African nations in the period 1964-1966. Acts are defined as official verbal or physical behavior from an African nation toward any other (including non-African) nation, leader, international organization, or group of states. These are further categorized into conflictual or cooperative acts. For each act, information provided includes actor, date, target, setting, WEIS action category, and type of foreign policy instrument used. A number of five-point variables are also provided.

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McGowan, Patrick. African Foreign Relations and Internal Conflict Analysis (AFRICA) Project, 1964-1966. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05212.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1964 -- 1966
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A total of 14,669 foreign policy acts of 34 African nations in the period 1964-1966.

Data Source

(1) NEW YORK TIMES INDEX, (2) FACTS ON FILE, (3) KEESING'S CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVES, (4) ANNUAL REGISTER OF WORLD EVENTS, (5) DEADLINE DATA ON WORLD AFFAIRS, (6) AFRICA DIARY, (7) AFRICAN RECORDER, (8) AFRICAN RESEARCH BULLETIN (Economic Series), (9) AFRICAN RESEARCH BULLETIN (Political Series), (10) AFRICAN DIGEST, and (11) CHRONOLOGIE POLITIQUE AFRICAINE

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Original Release Date

1984-05-03

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • McGowan, Patrick. African Foreign Relations and Internal Conflict Analysis (AFRICA) Project, 1964-1966. ICPSR05212-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05212.v1
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