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An Overview of Databases on Conflicts and Political Crises

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  • Petra Rodik

    (Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy - University of Zagreb)

  • Drazen Penzar

    (SOKO Z.I.)

  • Armano Srbljinovic

    (Croatian Ministry of Defence's Institute for R&D of Defence Systems)

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of important projects concerned with the development of databases on conflicts, crises and similar political events and those dealing with the structural characteristics of nation-states. The various databases are usually differently conceptualized, even when they describe the same phenomenon. Different conceptualization of the problem leads to distinct operational definitions, and eventually to divergent coding rules. Therefore, the researcher intending to use the existing data for statistical analysis or modelling social processes can become lost browsing the multitude of diverse datasets. In this overview, the short descriptions of important data-gathering projects include information on the institutions where the projects are placed, their principal investigators, time span and number of cases they include. Finally, all databases are classified according to their focus (event/structure) and their level (nation-state/international relations) of observation. Classification-ACM-1998: H.0 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]

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  • Petra Rodik & Drazen Penzar & Armano Srbljinovic, 2003. "An Overview of Databases on Conflicts and Political Crises," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 1(1-2), pages 9-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:1:y:2003:i:1:p:9-21
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    1. Ilgaz Arikan & Asli M. Arikan & Oded Shenkar, 2020. "Nation‐dyadic history and cross‐border corporate deals: Role of conflict, trade, generational distance, and professional education," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(3), pages 422-466, March.

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    Keywords

    database; conflict; political event; nation-state;
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    • Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General

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