Naslov
An overview of databases on conflicts and political crises

Autori
Rodik, Petra ; Penzar, Dražen ; Srbljinović, Armano

Izvornik
Interdisciplinary description of complex systems (1334-4684) 1 (2003), 1-2; 9-21

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
database; conflict; political event; nation-state

Sažetak
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 modeling 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 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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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