Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Multinomial
Value labels	1 = Ascription 2 = Dual Ascription and Designation 3 = Designation 4 = Self-Selection 5 = Gradual Transition 6 = Dual Ascription and Election 7 = Transitional or Restricted 8 = Competitive Election
Technical name	regime_polity_exrec
Category	Polity
Label	Executive Recruitment Concept
Related indicators	Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.

Index of Executive Recruitment.

Coding rules

Concept variable combines information presented in three component variables: XRREG, XRCOMP, and XROPEN (Table 3.1 in Marshall et al 2017).

Polity IV Concept	Polity IV Component Variables
	PARREG	PARCOMP
(1) Suppressed	Restricted (4)	Repressed (1)
(2) Restricted	Restricted (4)	Suppressed (2)
(3) Imposed Transition: Loosening or tightening restrictions	Sectarian (3)	Suppressed (2)
(4) Uninstitutionalized	Unregulated (1)	Not applicable (0)
(5) Gradual Transition from Uninstitutionalized	Multiple Identity (2)	Not applicable (0)
(6) Factional/Restricted	Sectarian (3)	Factional (3)
(7) Factional	Multiple Identity (2)	Factional (3)
(8) Electoral Transition Persistent Conflict/Coercion	Sectarian (3)	Transitional (4)
(9)   Electoral Transition: Limited Conflict/Coercion	Multiple Identity (2)	Transitional (4)
(10) Institutionalized Electoral	Regulated (5)	Competitive (5)

Executive Recruitment concepts represent an alternative method for comprehending authority patterns and are explained in detail in Addendum A (Marshall et al 2017).

Bibliographic info

Citation: Marshall, Monty G., Ted Robert Gurr, and Keith Jaggers. 2017. Dataset Users’ Manual. Polity IV Project. Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2016. Center for Systemic Peace. [1].

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Misc

Project manager(s): project managers

Data release: data release

Revisions: revisions

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