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Power-Sharing Event Dataset (PSED)

Ottmann, Martin; Vüllers, Johannes
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/69
Abstract: The Power-Sharing Event Dataset (PSED) contains information on 41 countries from different continents on the promises and practices of power-sharing between governments and rebels for a five-year period after the conclusion of a peace agreement (unless violence recurred earlier). The collected data covers the period from 1989 to 2006. The main features of the dataset are the specific focus on government-rebel dyads during post-conflict periods, an exact temporal mapping of implemented or abolished power-sharing events, and detailed descriptions for each power-sharing arrangement put into pract ... more
Availability: Free access (without registration)
Subject area: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2012;2013
Notes: +++Sources that were used to create the dataset:
Economist Intelligence Unit
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
LexisNexis newswire reports
Africa Research Bulletin
Africa Yearbook
CIA World Leaders Database
Integrated Regional Information Networks
LexisNexis
Statesman’s Yearbook
PARLINE database of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Ottmann, Martin; GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies | Vüllers, Johannes; GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Publication year: 2014
DOI: 10.7802/69
Study number: SDN-10.7802-69
Publisher: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/69

Reference publications

Publications: Ottmann, Martin and Vüllers, Johannes (2014): The Power-Sharing Event Dataset (PSED): A new dataset on the promises and practices of power-sharing in post-conflict countries, in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, published online 30 July 2014;http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894214542753

Cite

Ottmann, Martin, & Vüllers, Johannes (2014). Power-Sharing Event Dataset (PSED). German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/69.

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