Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy dataset: Political institutions in the long 19th century. (May 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy dataset: Political institutions in the long 19th century. (May 2019)
- Main Title:
- Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy dataset: Political institutions in the long 19th century
- Authors:
- Knutsen, Carl Henrik
Teorell, Jan
Wig, Tore
Cornell, Agnes
Gerring, John
Gjerløw, Haakon
Skaaning, Svend-Erik
Ziblatt, Daniel
Marquardt, Kyle L
Pemstein, Daniel
Seim, Brigitte - Abstract:
- The Historical Varieties of Democracy dataset (Historical V-Dem) contains about 260 indicators, both factual and evaluative, describing various aspects of political regimes and state institutions. The dataset covers 91 polities globally – including most large, sovereign states, as well as some semi-sovereign entities and large colonies – from 1789 to 1920 for many cases. The majority of the indicators come from the Varieties of Democracy dataset, which covers 1900 to the present – together these two datasets cover the bulk of 'modern history'. Historical V-Dem also includes several new indicators, covering features that are pertinent for 19th-century polities. We describe the data, coding process, and different strategies employed in Historical V-Dem to cope with issues of reliability and validity and ensure intertemporal and cross-country comparability. To illustrate the potential uses of the dataset we describe patterns of democratization in the 'long 19th century'. Finally, we investigate how interstate war relates to subsequent democratization.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of peace research. Volume 56:Number 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of peace research
- Issue:
- Volume 56:Number 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 56, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0056-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 440
- Page End:
- 451
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05
- Subjects:
- democracy -- democratization -- political institutions
Peace -- Periodicals
Conflict management -- Periodicals
International relations -- Periodicals
327.17205 - Journal URLs:
- http://jpr.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0022343318823866 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-3433
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