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| Institutionalized Democracy || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_democ || 0 = least / 10 = most democratic     
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| Institutionalized Democracy || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_democ || <small style="font-size:87%;">0 = least / 10 = most democratic</small>    
 
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| Institutionalized Autocracy || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_autoc || 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic   
 
| Institutionalized Autocracy || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_autoc || 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic   
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| Executive Constraints (Decision Rules) || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_xconst || categorical: (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination  
 
| Executive Constraints (Decision Rules) || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_xconst || categorical: (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination  
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| Regulation of Participation || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_parreg || categorical: (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
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| The Competitiveness of Participation || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_parcomp || categorical: (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
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| Executive Recruitment Concept || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_exrec || 0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
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| Executive Constraints Concept || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_exconst || identical to xconst
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| Political Competition Concept || Regimes || Polity IV || regime_polity_polcomp || 10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual 
 
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Transition Periods (!88)
 
Transition Periods (!88)
  
3.3
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The Independence of Executive Authority................................................ 23
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3.4
 
Political Competition and Opposition........................................................ 25
 
3.5 PARREG Regulation of Participation
 
3.6 PARCOMP The Competitiveness of Participation
 
CONCEPT VARIABLES ....................................................................................... 28
 
3.7 EXREC Executive Recruitment Concept
 
3.8 EXCONST Executive Constraints Concept
 
3.9 POLCOMP Political Competition Concept
 
 
4. Polity Regime Transitions.......................................................................................... 29
 
4. Polity Regime Transitions.......................................................................................... 29
 
4.1 PRIOR Prior Polity Code (p4)
 
4.1 PRIOR Prior Polity Code (p4)

Revision as of 16:52, 24 September 2019

Indicator Name Subcategory I Subcategory II Technical name Coding Scheme
Institutionalized Democracy Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_democ 0 = least / 10 = most democratic
Institutionalized Autocracy Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_autoc 0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
Combined Polity Score Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_polity -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Combined Polity Score (Revised p4) Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_polity2 -10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Regime Durability Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_durable count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
Number of Years Polity Has Persisted Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_persist count (# of years since any regime score change*)
Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_xrreg categorical: (1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_xrcomp categorical: (1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
Openness of Executive Recruitment Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_xropen categorical: (1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
Executive Constraints (Decision Rules) Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_xconst categorical: (1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
Regulation of Participation Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_parreg categorical: (1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
The Competitiveness of Participation Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_parcomp categorical: (0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
Executive Recruitment Concept Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_exrec 0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
Executive Constraints Concept Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_exconst identical to xconst
Political Competition Concept Regimes Polity IV regime_polity_polcomp 10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual


Sources for above codes:

Polity IV variables[1]

*"Persist" only available in p4d, needs to be hand coded or imported separately


*Nate is still working on this, the edits will come soon but this text is here as a placeholder for now, please do not delete.


Note that Missing Data has several codes: Interruption Periods (!66) Interregnum Periods (!77) Transition Periods (!88)


4. Polity Regime Transitions.......................................................................................... 29 4.1 PRIOR Prior Polity Code (p4) 4.2 EMONTH Polity End Month 4.3 EDAY Polity End Day 4.4 EYEAR Polity End Year 4.5 EPREC End Date Precision 4.6 INTERIM Interim Polity Code (p4) 4.7 BMONTH Polity Begin Month 4.8 BDAY Polity Begin Day 4.9 BYEAR Polity Begin Year 4.10 BPREC Begin Date Precision 4.11 POST Post Polity Code (p4) 4.12 CHANGE Total change in POLITY value (p4) 4.13 D4 Regime Transition Completed (p4) 4.14 SF State Failure (p4) 4.15 REGTRANS Regime Transition (p4)