Updating the Party Government data set |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, United States;2. Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, United States;1. Louisiana State University, USA;2. University of Denver, USA;3. University of Tsukuba, Japan;1. Deakin University, Burwood, Australia;2. Torrens University, Adelaide, Australia;3. Monash Business School, Monash University, Caulfield East, Australia;1. Lyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, and Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, 919 East Shaw Lane, Room E-35, East Lansing, MI 48825, USA;2. Department of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, 509 East Circle Drive, Room 316, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;3. Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, 55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;4. Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;5. Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, 509 East Circle Drive, Room 316, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
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| Abstract: | Scholars have identified the crucial role of government characteristics in studies of political behavior, comparative institutions, and political economy. An invaluable data source for government characteristics is the Woldendorp et al. (2000) Party Government in 48 Democracies data set. We describe our update to this data set from the late-1990s through 2011. We then present a variety of additions to the data set that are intended to increase its usage by reducing the obstacles associated with using the data in conjunction with other popular data sets. We illustrate the utility of this update by providing a variety of means of conceptualizing government stability. |
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| Keywords: | Governments Cabinets Ministers Stability Duration |
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