Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Multinomial
Value labels	1 = Suppressed 2 = Restricted 3 = Imposed Transition from Restricted 4 = Uninstitutionalized 5 = Gradual Transition from Uninst 6 = Factional/Restricted 7 = Factional 8 = Electoral Transition Persistent Conflict/Coercion 9 = Electoral Transition Limited Conflict/Coercion 10 = Institutionalized Electoral
Technical name	polnat_polity_polcomp
Category	Polity
Label	Political Competition Concept
Related indicators	Regulation of Participation. Polity IV. Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.

Index of Political Competition

Coding rules

Concept variable combines information presented in two component variables: PARREG and PARCOMP (see Table 3.2 Marshall et al 2017). Political Competition concepts represent an alternative method for comprehending authority patterns and are explained in detail in Addendum C (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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