Polity II, political structures and regime change, 1800-1986 ICPSR 9263

<p>Analysis of regimes' structural characteristics, institutional changes, and the directionality of changes on underlying dimensions of democracy, autocracy, and power concentrations Nine groups of variables are included in the Polity II data set: spatial-temporal domain / basic authority characteristics of politics / identification of major, abrupt polity change / events immediately preceding-causing polity termination / events signifying polity formation / indicators of democracy, autocracy and state power / institutional adaptability and persistence / central government expenditures, revenues and national accounts / Banks' polity characteristics.</p>本数据集可用于开展政权结构特征、制度变迁，以及民主、专制与权力集中基础维度上的变迁方向性分析。Polity II数据集（Polity II Dataset）共涵盖九组变量，分别为：时空域、政治基本权威特征、重大突发性政权变更识别、直接诱发政权终结的前置事件、标志政权形成的事件、民主、专制与国家权力指标、制度适应性与持久性、中央政府收支与国民账户、班克斯（Banks）政权特征指标。