Replication Data for Mass Mobilization and Democracy Transitions

Replication data and routines for the empirical analyses in "Only a Moment in Time? The Changing Effectiveness of Mass Mobilization on Transitions to Democracy" by Marianne Dahl, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Gudmund Horn Hermansen, and Ida Rudolfsen. The dataset archive was last updated on 2026-04-29 and is hosted by the Comparative Political Studies Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Replicate statistical analyses on the relationship between mass mobilization and democracy transitions based on the described empirical routines.
• Conduct secondary analysis on the changing effectiveness of protest over time as suggested by the study's focus.
• Benchmark new models of democratic transition against the established findings in this dataset.
• Teach graduate-level methods in political science using a real-world replication example.

Strengths

• Directly supports a peer-reviewed academic publication, ensuring relevance for replication studies.
• Includes both raw data and analysis routines, facilitating transparency and reproducibility.
• Archive version and last update date (2026-04-29) are explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Comparative Political Studies Dataverse

Collection Method

Data and routines compiled for academic publication replication.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 13:06:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.