177 members of the international system are covered by this dataset, which is a modified and updated version of POLITY II. It focuses on indicators of political authority and regime type, including two indicators of regime type and eight indicators of political authority. The dataset was created by Keith Jaggers and covers the period from 1800 to 1994.
Use Cases
- Classifying political regimes as autocratic or democratic based on the two regime type indicators.
- Analyzing the evolution of executive recruitment processes based on competitiveness and openness variables.
- Modeling constraints on political power using the constraints on the chief executive indicator.
- Studying the centralization of state authority over time across different countries.
Strengths
- Covers 177 countries over a 194-year period (1800-1994).
- Includes 10 distinct variables for analyzing political authority and regime type.
- Is an updated and modified version of a prior established dataset (POLITY II).
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Keith Jaggers
- Time Range
- 1800-1994
- Geography
- International (177 countries)