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The Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Data Archive

https://doi.org/10.5878/002571
The Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Data Archive data set consist of cabinet-level data of 17 Western European democracies for post-WWII cabinets through January 1, 1999. All together, a total of 424 coalitions, single party and non-partisan cabinets are included. Data for Greece, Portugal and Spain exist only after their democratizations in the 1970s, while data on France is limited to the Fifth Republic beginning in 1959. For the purposes of our data set, it can be said that the world "froze" on January 1, 1999. The last observation in each country is coded on the basis on the information that was available on that day. Purpose: The Comparative Parliamentary Democracy project examines West European parliamentary politics from a principal–agent perspective. The ZIP file consist sav files (for SPSS) and documentation in pdf format (codebooks).
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  • the Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Data Archive.zip
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  • SND-kodbok_the Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Data Archive_english.pdf
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Citation and access

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Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

  • Torbjörn Bergman - Umeå University - Department of Political Science
  • Kaare Strøm - University of California, San Diego - The Department of Political Science
  • Wolfgang Müller - University of Vienna - Department of Government

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Data contains personal data:

No

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

424 cabinets (coalitions, single and non-partisan)

Time method:

Time period(s) investigated:

Variables:

197

Number of individuals/​objects:

424

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Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Geographic description:

17 nations in Europe

Lowest geographic unit:

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

School of Social Science

Funding

Funding agency:

  • Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Award number:

1996-0801

Topic and keywords

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Publications

Citation:

Müller, Wolfgang C. and Kaare Strøm, eds. (2000). Coalition Governments in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Paperback 2003)

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  • ISBN:

    9780198297611

Citation:

Strøm, Kaare; Müller, Wolfgang C. and Bergman, Torbjörn eds. (2003). Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Paperback 2006).

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  • ISBN:

    9780198297840

Citation:

Strøm, Kaare; Müller, Wolfgang C. and Bergman, Torbjörn, eds. (2008). Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining: the Democratic Life Cycle in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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  • ISBN:

    9780199587490

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