Comparative political parties data, 1950-1962 [electronic resource].

Author
Janda, Kenneth [Browse]
Format
Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR ed.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1979.
Description
Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

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    Restrictions note
    Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
    Summary note
    This data collection contains the observed characteristics of 158 diverse political parties operating in 53 countries between 1950 and 1962. The variables consist of both substantive coding of party characteristics and data quality measures. A base of 111 variables place party characteristics in a conceptual framework of 11 categories: institutionalization, governmental status, social attraction, social concentration, social reflection, issue orientation, goal orientation, autonomy, degree of organization, centralization of power, coherence, and involvement. Every variable that was coded was selected because of its relevance to a concept in the framework. The remaining variables are derived measures of the quality of those data.
    Notes
    • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
    • Title from title screen (viewed on March 1, 2006).
    Type of data
    Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.
    Time and place of event
    Time period: 1950-1962.
    Geographic coverage
    Geographic coverage: Albania, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic), Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Korea (North), Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malayasia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Soviet Union, Sudan, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Global.
    Funding information
    Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
    System details
    • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    • Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
    • Extent of processing: CONCHK.ICPSR/ UNDOCCHK.ICPSR/ MDATA.ICPSR/ CDBK.ICPSR/ DDEF.ICPSR.
    Methodology note
    • Data source: books, articles, newspapers, party documents, and government reports.
    • Sample: in order to ensure representation of the full range of party diversity, a stratified sampling procedure was used. First, all countries with functioning parties of some durability during 1950-1962 were identified and classified into one of ten cultural-geographic "areas" of the world. From each of these ten areas, five countries were selected at random, producing a set of 50 countries representing all ten areas. Three countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada) were not drawn by this random sample procedure and were added later. From the 53 countries, 158 parties that met minimum levels of strength and stability were used in the sample.
    • Universe: political parties of the world in existence between 1950 and 1962.
    Publications about
    Janda, Kenneth Comparative Political Parties: A Cross National Survey, The Free Press, 1979.
    Cite as
    Janda, Kenneth. COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES DATA, 1950-1962 [Computer file]. Compiled by Kenneth Janda, Northwestern University. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1979.
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    1340476630
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