| Indicator name*
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Subcategory I
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Subcategory II
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Subcategory III
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Technical name*
|
Scale*
|
Short description
|
| Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
polnat_polity_democ
|
Metric
|
0 = least / 10 = most democratic
|
| Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
polnat_polity_autoc
|
Metric
|
0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
|
| Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
polnat_polity_polity
|
Metric
|
-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
|
| Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
polnat_polity_polity2
|
Metric
|
-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
|
| Regime Durability. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Stability
|
polnat_polity_durable
|
Ordinal
|
count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
|
| Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_xrreg
|
Multinomial
|
(1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
|
| Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_xrcomp
|
Multinomial
|
(1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
|
| Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_xropen
|
Multinomial
|
(1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
|
| Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Checks and Balances
|
polnat_polity_xconst
|
Multinomial
|
(1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
|
| Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_parreg
|
Ordinal
|
(1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
|
| Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_parcomp
|
Multinomial
|
(0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
|
| Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_exrec
|
Multinomial
|
0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
|
| Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Check and Balances
|
polnat_polity_exconst
|
Multinomial
|
identical to xconst
|
| Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Government
|
Electoral Institutions
|
polnat_polity_polcomp
|
Multinomial
|
10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual
|
| Electoral democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_democ_polyarchy_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem)
|
| Liberal democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_democ_libdem_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem)
|
| Participatory democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_democ_partipdem_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem)
|
| Deliberative democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_democ_delibdem_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem)
|
| Egalitarian democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_democ_egaldem_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated high level democracy index, egalitarian dimension (V-Dem)
|
| Rule of law index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_ruleoflaw_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated mid level rule of law index (V-Dem)
|
| Regimes of the world index (4 categories)
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_regimes_vdem
|
Ordinal
|
Classification of political regimes (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Lower chamber female legislators
|
Politics
|
Legislature
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_fem_legislator_perche_vdem
|
Metric
|
Percentage of female legislators (V-Dem)
|
| Power distributed by gender
|
Politics
|
Political Power
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_power_distri_gender_vdem
|
Metric
|
Distribution of political power by gender (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| Barriers to parties
|
Polity
|
Political Parties
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_parties_barriers_vdem
|
Metric
|
Barriers upon political party formation (V-Dem)
|
| Party ban
|
Polity
|
Political Parties
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_parties_ban_vdem
|
Metric
|
Bans of political parties (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Party organizations
|
Polity
|
Political Parties
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_parties_orga_vdem
|
Metric
|
Permanent organizations of political parties (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Party competition across regions
|
Polity
|
Political Parties
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_parties_compe_region_vdem
|
Metric
|
Regional competition of major parties (V-Dem)
|
| Domestic autonomy
|
Polity
|
Sovereignty
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_sov_domestic_vdem
|
Metric
|
Domestic autonomy from other states (V-Dem)
|
| International autonomy
|
Polity
|
Sovereignty
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_sov_international_vdem
|
Metric
|
International autonomy from other states (V-Dem)
|
| State authority over territory
|
Polity
|
Sovereignty
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_sov_territory_vdem
|
Metric
|
Percentage of the territory the state effectively controls (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Independent states
|
Polity
|
Sovereignty
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_sov_independent_vdem
|
Binary
|
Is the polity an independent state? (V-Dem)
|
| Election dummy lower legislative chamber
|
Polity
|
Elections
|
Elections Global
|
polnat_polity_election_dummy
|
Binary
|
Election to lower legislative chamber (yes/no)
|
| Election date lower legislative chamber
|
Polity
|
Elections
|
Elections Global
|
polnat_polity_election_date_low
|
Date
|
Date of election to lower legislative chamber
|
| 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)
|
| Political Constraints III
|
Polity
|
Policy change
|
POLCON
|
polnat_polity_polconiii_polcon
|
Metric
|
Index of political constraints (POLCON III)
|
| Political Constraints V
|
Polity
|
Policy change
|
POLCON
|
polnat_polity_polconv_polcon
|
Metric
|
Index of political constraints (POLCON V)
|
| Political corruption index
|
Politics
|
Corruption
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_corruption_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated mid-level index of corruption (V-Dem)
|
| Executive corruption index
|
Politics
|
Corruption
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_corruption_exec_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of the executive (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Regime corruption index
|
Politics
|
Corruption
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_corruption_regime_vdem
|
Metric
|
Aggregated mid-level index of corruption of political actors (V-Dem)
|
| Election vote buying
|
Politics
|
Corruption
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_election_vote_buying_vdem
|
Metric
|
Evidence of vote and/or turnout buying (V-Dem)
|
| 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)
|
| Corrupt activities in judicial decisions
|
Politics
|
Corruption
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_politics_corruption_judi_vdem
|
Metric
|
Evidence of corrupt activities in judicial decisions (V-Dem)
|
| Name of Head of State (HoS)
|
Polity
|
Political parties
|
|
polnat_hos_name
|
String
|
Name of the Head of State (HoS)
|
| Party affiliation of the Head of State (HoS)
|
Polity
|
Political parties
|
|
polnat_hos_party_english
|
String
|
Harmonized, english party name of the HoS party
|
| Party Facts ID of HoS party
|
Polity
|
Political parties
|
|
polnat_hos_party_id
|
Metric
|
Harmonized party ID of the HoS party
|
| Name of Head of Government (HoG)
|
Polity
|
Political Parties
|
|
polnat_hog_name
|
String
|
Name of the Head of Government (HoG)
|
| Party affiliation of the Head of Government (HoG)
|
Polity
|
Political parties
|
|
polnat_hog_party_english
|
String
|
Harmonized, english party name of the HoG party
|
| Party Facts ID of HoG party
|
Polity
|
Political parties
|
|
polnat_hog_party_id
|
Metric
|
Harmonized party ID of the HoG party
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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
|
