Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Multinomial
Value labels	1 = Selection 2 = Dual/Transitional 3 = Election
Technical name	polnat_polity_xrcomp
Category	Political factors
Label	Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment
Related indicators	Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV. Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.

Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment: Competitiveness refers to the extent that prevailing modes of advancement give subordinates equal opportunities to become superordinates. For example, selection of chief executives through popular elections matching two or more viable parties or candidates is regarded as competitive.

Coding rules

If power transfers are coded Unregulated ("1") in the Regulation of Executive Recruitment (variable 3.1), or involve a transition to/from unregulated, Competitiveness is coded “0".
Three categories are used to measure this concept:
(1) Selection: Chief executives are determined by hereditary succession, designation, or by a combination of both, as in monarchies whose chief minister is chosen by king or court. Examples of pure designative selection are rigged, unopposed elections; repeated replacement of presidents before their terms end; recurrent military selection of civilian executives; selection within an institutionalized single party; recurrent incumbent selection of successors; repeated election boycotts by the major opposition parties, etc.
(2) Dual/Transitional: Dual executives in which one is chosen by hereditary succession, the other by competitive election. Also used for transitional arrangements between selection (ascription and/or designation) and competitive election.
(3) Election: Chief executives are typically chosen in or through competitive elections matching two or more major parties or candidates. (Elections may be popular or by an elected assembly.)

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. https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/p4manualv2016.pdf.

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• Version 0.001: Initial release

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