| 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*
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Short description
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| Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
regime_polity_democ
|
Continuous
|
0 = least / 10 = most democratic
|
| Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
regime_polity_autoc
|
Continuous
|
0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
|
| Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
regime_polity_polity
|
Continuous
|
-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
|
| Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Democratization
|
regime_polity_polity2
|
Continuous
|
-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
|
| Regime Durability. Polity IV
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Stability
|
regime_polity_durable
|
Ordinal
|
count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
|
| Number of Years Polity Has Persisted. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Stability
|
regime_polity_persist
|
Ordinal
|
count (# of years since any regime score change*)
|
| Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Polity
|
Regime Type
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_xrreg
|
Categorical
|
(1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
|
| Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_xrcomp
|
Categorical
|
(1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
|
| Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_xropen
|
Categorical
|
(1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
|
| Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Checks and Balances
|
regime_polity_xconst
|
Categorical
|
(1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
|
| Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_parreg
|
Ordinal
|
(1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
|
| The Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_parcomp
|
Categorical
|
(0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
|
| Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_exrec
|
Ordinal
|
0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
|
| Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Check and Balances
|
regime_polity_exconst
|
|
identical to xconst
|
| Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.
|
Politics
|
Governments
|
Electoral Institutions
|
regime_polity_polcomp
|
|
10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual
|
| Electoral democracy index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_sys_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)
|
| Regimes of the world index
|
Polity
|
Democratization
|
V-Dem
|
polnat_polity_regimes_vdem
|
Ordinal
|
Classification of political regimes (V-Dem)
|
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