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Polity II political structures and regime change, 1800-1986.
- Title
- Polity II [electronic resource] : political structures and regime change, 1800-1986.
- Author
- Gurr, Ted Robert, 1936-
- Publication
- Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.
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- Additional Authors
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
- Summary
- Carried out under the auspices of the Data Development for International Research (DDIR) project, POLITY II was designed to develop longitudinal indicators of political structures and regime change. This file encompasses most member states of the international system from 1800 to 1986, and consists of annual codings of regimes' structural characteristics, institutional changes, and the directionality of changes on underlying dimensions of democracy, autocracy, and power concentration.
- Series Statement
- ICPSR ; 9263
- Uniform Title
- ICPSR (Series) ; 9263.
- Alternative Title
- Polity data, 1800-1971
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- dataset – 1800-1986.
- dataset.
- Note
- Codebook available in print and electronic format.
- Title from title screen (viewed on November 3, 2005).
- Access (note)
- Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
- File Type (note)
- Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SPSS portable.
- Event (note)
- Date(s) of collection: 1986-1989.
- Time period: 1800-1986.
- Coverage (note)
- Geographic coverage: global.
- Cite As (note)
- Gurr, Ted R. POLITY II: POLITICAL STRUCTURES AND REGIME CHANGE, 1800-1986 [Computer file]. Boulder, CO: Center for Comparative Politics [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.
- Funding (note)
- Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
- Grant number: SES-8610567.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Data format: card image and SPSSX EXPORT file.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Restrictions: copies of pre-publication papers using the POLITY II dataset should be sent to the authors of the related publication cited below.
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library