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Timing the Changes in Political Structures

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  • Sara McLaughlin

    (Department of Political Science, Florida State University)

  • Scott Gates

    (Department of Political Science, Michigan State University)

  • HÃ¥vard Hegre

    (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)

  • Ranveig Gissinger

    (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Nils Petter Gleditsch

    (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)

Abstract

This article introduces the Polity IIId (“d†is for dates) data set. The Polity IIId project codes the precise dates of changes in political structure identified by Polity III for all independent countries in the international system from 1800 to 1994. By moving from annual measurements of authority and polity characteristics, the Polity IIId data are more appropriate for event-based analysis. The authors discuss the implications of the new data set for event count and event history models of democracy and war, democratization and war, regime type and civil war, and causes of change in political structure.

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  • Sara McLaughlin & Scott Gates & HÃ¥vard Hegre & Ranveig Gissinger & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 1998. "Timing the Changes in Political Structures," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 42(2), pages 231-242, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:42:y:1998:i:2:p:231-242
    DOI: 10.1177/0022002798042002006
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