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! Indicator name* | ! Indicator name* | ||
! Subcategory I | ! Subcategory I | ||
! Subcategory II | ! Subcategory II | ||
− | ! Subcategory III | + | ! Subcategory III |
! Technical name* | ! Technical name* | ||
! Scale* | ! Scale* | ||
! Short description | ! Short description | ||
+ | ! Data origin* | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.]] | | [[Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| 0 = least / 10 = most democratic | | 0 = least / 10 = most democratic | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.]] | | [[Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic | | 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.]] | | [[Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | | -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.]] | | [[Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | | -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Regime Durability. Polity IV.]] | | [[Regime Durability. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| polnat_polity_durable | | polnat_polity_durable | ||
| Ordinal | | Ordinal | ||
− | | count (# of years since regime score change | + | | count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points) |
− | | | + | | 3rd Party Data |
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− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | | [[Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| (1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated | | (1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | | [[Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| (1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election | | (1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | | [[Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| (1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open | | (1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.]] | | [[Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination | | (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.]] | | [[Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Ordinal | | Ordinal | ||
| (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated | | (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.]] | | [[Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive | | (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.]] | | [[Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| 0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral | | 0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.]] | | [[Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| identical to xconst | | identical to xconst | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.]] | | [[Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.]] | ||
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| Multinomial | | Multinomial | ||
| 10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual | | 10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Electoral democracy index]] | | [[Electoral democracy index]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem) | | Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Liberal democracy index]] | | [[Liberal democracy index]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem) | | Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Participatory democracy index]] | | [[Participatory democracy index]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem) | | Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Deliberative democracy index]] | | [[Deliberative democracy index]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem) | | Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Egalitarian democracy index]] | | [[Egalitarian democracy index]] | ||
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| polnat_polity_democ_egaldem_vdem | | polnat_polity_democ_egaldem_vdem | ||
| Metric | | Metric | ||
− | | Aggregated high level democracy index, egalitarian dimension (V-Dem) | + | | Aggregated high level democracy index, egalitarian dimension (V-Dem) |
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Rule of law index]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Democratization | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_ruleoflaw_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Aggregated mid level rule of law index (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Regimes of the world index (4 categories)]] | | [[Regimes of the world index (4 categories)]] | ||
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| Ordinal | | Ordinal | ||
| Classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | | Classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Regimes of the world index (10 categories)]] | | [[Regimes of the world index (10 categories)]] | ||
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| Ordinal | | Ordinal | ||
| More granular classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | | More granular classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | ||
− | | | + | | 3rd Party Data |
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Lower chamber female legislators]] | | [[Lower chamber female legislators]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Percentage of female legislators (V-Dem) | | Percentage of female legislators (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Power distributed by gender]] | | [[Power distributed by gender]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Distribution of political power by gender (V-Dem) | | Distribution of political power by gender (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Power distributed by socioeconomic position]] | | [[Power distributed by socioeconomic position]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Distribution of political power by socioeconomic position (V-Dem) | | Distribution of political power by socioeconomic position (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Power distributed by social group]] | | [[Power distributed by social group]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Distribution of political power by social group (V-Dem) | | Distribution of political power by social group (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Power distributed by sexual orientation]] | | [[Power distributed by sexual orientation]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Distribution of political power by sexual orientation (V-Dem) | | Distribution of political power by sexual orientation (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Barriers to parties]] | | [[Barriers to parties]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Barriers upon political party formation (V-Dem) | | Barriers upon political party formation (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Party ban]] | | [[Party ban]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Bans of political parties (V-Dem) | | Bans of political parties (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Opposition parties autonomy]] | | [[Opposition parties autonomy]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Independence of opposition parties of the ruling regime (V-Dem) | | Independence of opposition parties of the ruling regime (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Party organizations]] | | [[Party organizations]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Permanent organizations of political parties (V-Dem) | | Permanent organizations of political parties (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Legislative party cohesion]] | | [[Legislative party cohesion]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Cohesion of voting of members of the legislature for important bills (V-Dem) | | Cohesion of voting of members of the legislature for important bills (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Party competition across regions]] | | [[Party competition across regions]] | ||
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| Metric | | Metric | ||
| Regional competition of major parties (V-Dem) | | Regional competition of major parties (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Domestic autonomy]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Sovereignty | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_sov_domestic_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Domestic autonomy from other states (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[International autonomy]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Sovereignty | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_sov_international_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | International autonomy from other states (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[State authority over territory]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Sovereignty | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_sov_territory_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Percentage of the territory the state effectively controls (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[State fiscal source of revenue]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Sovereignty | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_sov_fiscal_vdem | ||
+ | | Ordinal | ||
+ | | Main source of revenue of the central government (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Independent states]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Sovereignty | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_sov_independent_vdem | ||
+ | | Binary | ||
+ | | Is the polity an independent state? (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Election dummy lower legislative chamber]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Elections | ||
+ | | Elections Global | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_election_dummy | ||
+ | | Binary | ||
+ | | Election to lower legislative chamber (yes/no) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Election date lower legislative chamber]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Elections | ||
+ | | Elections Global | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_election_date_low | ||
+ | | Date | ||
+ | | Date of election to lower legislative chamber | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Regimes of the world index (string)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Democratization | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_regimes_vdem_str | ||
+ | | String | ||
+ | | String version of fourfold classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Political Constraints III]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Policy change | ||
+ | | POLCON | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_polconiii_polcon | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Index of political constraints (POLCON III) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Political Constraints V]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Policy change | ||
+ | | POLCON | ||
+ | | polnat_polity_polconv_polcon | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Index of political constraints (POLCON V) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Political corruption index]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_corruption_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Executive corruption index]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_corruption_exec_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of the executive (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Public sector corruption index]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_corruption_publ_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption in the public sector (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Regime corruption index]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_corruption_regime_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of political actors (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Election vote buying]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_election_vote_buying_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Evidence of vote and/or turnout buying (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Corrupt activities of members of legislature]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_legislature_corrupt_activities_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Evidence of corrupt activities of members of the legislature (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Corrupt activities in judicial decisions]] | ||
+ | | Politics | ||
+ | | Corruption | ||
+ | | V-Dem | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_corruption_judi_vdem | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Evidence of corrupt activities in judicial decisions (V-Dem) | ||
+ | | 3rd Party Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Name of Head of State (HoS)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hos_name | ||
+ | | String | ||
+ | | Name of the Head of State (HoS) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Party affiliation of the Head of State (HoS)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hos_party_english | ||
+ | | String | ||
+ | | Harmonized, english party name of the HoS party | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Party Facts ID of HoS party]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hos_party_id | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Harmonized party ID of the HoS party | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Name of Head of Government (HoG)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political Parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hog_name | ||
+ | | String | ||
+ | | Name of the Head of Government (HoG) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Party affiliation of the Head of Government (HoG)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hog_party_english | ||
+ | | String | ||
+ | | Harmonized, english party name of the HoG party | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Party Facts ID of HoG party]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | polnat_hog_party_id | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Harmonized party ID of the HoG party | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (votes; Laakso & Taagepera 1979)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_laaktaag_votes | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (seats; Laakso & Taagepera 1979)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_laaktaag_seats | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (votes; Taagepera 1997)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_taag97_votes | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Taagepera 1997) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (seats; Taagepera 1997)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_taag97_seats | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Taagepera 1997) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (votes; Golosov 2010)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_golosov_votes | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Golosov 2010) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Effective number of parties (seats; Golosov 2010)]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Political parties | ||
+ | | Party system | ||
+ | | polnat_politics_golosov_seats | ||
+ | | Metric | ||
+ | | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Golosov 2010) | ||
+ | | CRC Compiled Data | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Communist government, ever]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Regime type | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | communist_ever | ||
+ | | Binary | ||
+ | | Communist government with a socialist state-run economy, ever | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Communist government, by year]] | ||
+ | | Polity | ||
+ | | Regime type | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | communist_year | ||
+ | | Binary | ||
+ | | Communist government with a socialist state-run economy, by year | ||
+ | | | ||
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Indicator name* | Subcategory I | Subcategory II | Subcategory III | Technical name* | Scale* | Short description | Data origin* |
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Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV. | Polity | Regime Type | Democratization | polnat_polity_democ | Metric | 0 = least / 10 = most democratic | 3rd Party Data |
Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV. | Polity | Regime Type | Democratization | polnat_polity_autoc | Metric | 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic | 3rd Party Data |
Combined Polity Score. Polity IV. | Polity | Regime Type | Democratization | polnat_polity_polity | Metric | -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | 3rd Party Data |
Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV. | Polity | Regime Type | Democratization | polnat_polity_polity2 | Metric | -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic | 3rd Party Data |
Regime Durability. Polity IV. | Polity | Regime Type | Stability | polnat_polity_durable | Ordinal | count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points) | 3rd Party Data |
Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. | Polity | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_xrreg | Multinomial | (1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated | 3rd Party Data |
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_xrcomp | Multinomial | (1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election | 3rd Party Data |
Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_xropen | Multinomial | (1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open | 3rd Party Data |
Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Checks and Balances | polnat_polity_xconst | Multinomial | (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination | 3rd Party Data |
Regulation of Participation. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_parreg | Ordinal | (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated | 3rd Party Data |
Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_parcomp | Multinomial | (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive | 3rd Party Data |
Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_exrec | Multinomial | 0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral | 3rd Party Data |
Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Check and Balances | polnat_polity_exconst | Multinomial | identical to xconst | 3rd Party Data |
Political Competition Concept. Polity IV. | Politics | Government | Electoral Institutions | polnat_polity_polcomp | Multinomial | 10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual | 3rd Party Data |
Electoral democracy index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_democ_polyarchy_vdem | Metric | Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Liberal democracy index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_democ_libdem_vdem | Metric | Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Participatory democracy index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_democ_partipdem_vdem | Metric | Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Deliberative democracy index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_democ_delibdem_vdem | Metric | Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Egalitarian democracy index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_democ_egaldem_vdem | Metric | Aggregated high level democracy index, egalitarian dimension (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Rule of law index | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_ruleoflaw_vdem | Metric | Aggregated mid level rule of law index (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Regimes of the world index (4 categories) | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_regimes_vdem | Ordinal | Classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Regimes of the world index (10 categories) | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_regimes_ambig_vdem | Ordinal | More granular classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Lower chamber female legislators | Politics | Legislature | V-Dem | polnat_politics_fem_legislator_perche_vdem | Metric | Percentage of female legislators (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Power distributed by gender | Politics | Political Power | V-Dem | polnat_politics_power_distri_gender_vdem | Metric | Distribution of political power by gender (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Power distributed by socioeconomic position | Politics | Political Power | V-Dem | polnat_politics_power_distri_socio_vdem | Metric | Distribution of political power by socioeconomic position (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Power distributed by social group | Politics | Political Power | V-Dem | polnat_politics_power_distri_social_vdem | Metric | Distribution of political power by social group (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Power distributed by sexual orientation | Politics | Political Power | V-Dem | polnat_politics_power_distri_sexual_vdem | Metric | Distribution of political power by sexual orientation (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Barriers to parties | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_barriers_vdem | Metric | Barriers upon political party formation (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Party ban | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_ban_vdem | Metric | Bans of political parties (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Opposition parties autonomy | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_oppos_auto_vdem | Metric | Independence of opposition parties of the ruling regime (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Party organizations | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_orga_vdem | Metric | Permanent organizations of political parties (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Legislative party cohesion | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_cohes_vdem | Metric | Cohesion of voting of members of the legislature for important bills (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Party competition across regions | Polity | Political Parties | V-Dem | polnat_polity_parties_compe_region_vdem | Metric | Regional competition of major parties (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Domestic autonomy | Polity | Sovereignty | V-Dem | polnat_polity_sov_domestic_vdem | Metric | Domestic autonomy from other states (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
International autonomy | Polity | Sovereignty | V-Dem | polnat_polity_sov_international_vdem | Metric | International autonomy from other states (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
State authority over territory | Polity | Sovereignty | V-Dem | polnat_polity_sov_territory_vdem | Metric | Percentage of the territory the state effectively controls (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
State fiscal source of revenue | Polity | Sovereignty | V-Dem | polnat_polity_sov_fiscal_vdem | Ordinal | Main source of revenue of the central government (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Independent states | Polity | Sovereignty | V-Dem | polnat_polity_sov_independent_vdem | Binary | Is the polity an independent state? (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Election dummy lower legislative chamber | Polity | Elections | Elections Global | polnat_polity_election_dummy | Binary | Election to lower legislative chamber (yes/no) | CRC Compiled Data |
Election date lower legislative chamber | Polity | Elections | Elections Global | polnat_polity_election_date_low | Date | Date of election to lower legislative chamber | CRC Compiled Data |
Regimes of the world index (string) | Polity | Democratization | V-Dem | polnat_polity_regimes_vdem_str | String | String version of fourfold classification of political regimes (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Political Constraints III | Polity | Policy change | POLCON | polnat_polity_polconiii_polcon | Metric | Index of political constraints (POLCON III) | 3rd Party Data |
Political Constraints V | Polity | Policy change | POLCON | polnat_polity_polconv_polcon | Metric | Index of political constraints (POLCON V) | 3rd Party Data |
Political corruption index | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_politics_corruption_vdem | Metric | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Executive corruption index | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_politics_corruption_exec_vdem | Metric | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of the executive (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Public sector corruption index | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_politics_corruption_publ_vdem | Metric | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption in the public sector (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Regime corruption index | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_politics_corruption_regime_vdem | Metric | Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of political actors (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Election vote buying | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_election_vote_buying_vdem | Metric | Evidence of vote and/or turnout buying (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Corrupt activities of members of legislature | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_legislature_corrupt_activities_vdem | Metric | Evidence of corrupt activities of members of the legislature (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Corrupt activities in judicial decisions | Politics | Corruption | V-Dem | polnat_politics_corruption_judi_vdem | Metric | Evidence of corrupt activities in judicial decisions (V-Dem) | 3rd Party Data |
Name of Head of State (HoS) | Polity | Political parties | polnat_hos_name | String | Name of the Head of State (HoS) | CRC Compiled Data | |
Party affiliation of the Head of State (HoS) | Polity | Political parties | polnat_hos_party_english | String | Harmonized, english party name of the HoS party | CRC Compiled Data | |
Party Facts ID of HoS party | Polity | Political parties | polnat_hos_party_id | Metric | Harmonized party ID of the HoS party | CRC Compiled Data | |
Name of Head of Government (HoG) | Polity | Political Parties | polnat_hog_name | String | Name of the Head of Government (HoG) | CRC Compiled Data | |
Party affiliation of the Head of Government (HoG) | Polity | Political parties | polnat_hog_party_english | String | Harmonized, english party name of the HoG party | CRC Compiled Data | |
Party Facts ID of HoG party | Polity | Political parties | polnat_hog_party_id | Metric | Harmonized party ID of the HoG party | CRC Compiled Data | |
Effective number of parties (votes; Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_laaktaag_votes | Metric | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | CRC Compiled Data |
Effective number of parties (seats; Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_laaktaag_seats | Metric | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Laakso & Taagepera 1979) | CRC Compiled Data |
Effective number of parties (votes; Taagepera 1997) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_taag97_votes | Metric | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Taagepera 1997) | CRC Compiled Data |
Effective number of parties (seats; Taagepera 1997) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_taag97_seats | Metric | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Taagepera 1997) | CRC Compiled Data |
Effective number of parties (votes; Golosov 2010) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_golosov_votes | Metric | Effective number of parties based on vote share (Golosov 2010) | CRC Compiled Data |
Effective number of parties (seats; Golosov 2010) | Polity | Political parties | Party system | polnat_politics_golosov_seats | Metric | Effective number of parties based on seat share (Golosov 2010) | CRC Compiled Data |
Communist government, ever | Polity | Regime type | communist_ever | Binary | Communist government with a socialist state-run economy, ever | ||
Communist government, by year | Polity | Regime type | communist_year | Binary | Communist government with a socialist state-run economy, by year |