Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) Middle East, 1980-2004

Middle East and North Africa data on 118 ethnopolitical organizations representing 22 groups across 16 countries from 1980 to 2004. The dataset was created by Jonathan Wilkenfeld of the Center for International Environmental Law to study factors motivating radicalization and the shift from protest to violence. It is a subsidiary of the Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project.

Use Cases

• Predicting organizational propensity for violence based on characteristics and grievances.
• Analyzing factors of radicalization within ethnic minority groups.
• Modeling relationships between ethnopolitical organizations and authority structures.
• Comparative studies of organizational behavior across 16 Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Strengths

• Covers 118 specific organizations identified by the project.
• Includes data on 22 ethnopolitical groups across 16 countries.
• Provides a 25-year temporal scope from 1980 to 2004.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Center for International Environmental Law

Collection Method

Project identification and data collection as part of the Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project.

Time Range

1980-2004

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Middle East and North Africa (16 countries)