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Members of the Reichstag in the Empire 1867/71-1918

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8006 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8006
Abstract: Investigation on the connection between the character of the social system and the type of power organization in Germany during the era of the Empire depicted through the structure and behavior of leading parliamentary groups. Topics: a) Collective biography (information on title, education or occupational training, seat, political functions, seats in state parliaments with functions conducted there, emigration, membership in clubs or organizations, political protest and persecution, professional career with times for specific events). b) Roll-call votes (currently only for the first ... more
Topics: HISTORY

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1867 - 1918
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1867 - 1871 | 1871 - 1918
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE), North German Confederation | German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE)
Universe: All 2774 members of the Constituting North German Reichstag, of the Ordentlichen Norddeutschen Reichstag/Zollparlament and the Reichstag 1871 to 1918
Number of Units: 2774
Sampling Procedure: Census
Mode of Data Collection: Sources: Files and content analysis of biographical lexicons, of parliamentary handbooks, minutes of parliament and other archive material.
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 255
Notes: See also ZA-Study No. 8007: Representatives in the Reichstag in the Weimar Republic 1919-1933.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Best, Heinrich - Institut für angewandte Sozialforschung, Universität zu Köln
Publication year: 1990
DOI: 10.4232/1.8006
Study number: ZA8006
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8006
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Reference publications

Publications: Best, Heinrich: Politische Modernisierung und parlamentarische Führungsgruppen in Deutschland 1867-1918. In: Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 13, 1988, No. 1, S. 5-74. | Best, Heinrich: Mandat ohne Macht, Strukturprobleme des deutschen Parlamentarismus 1867-1933. In: Heinrich Best (Hrsg.): Politik und Milieu. Wahl und El ... more
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Best, Heinrich (1990). Members of the Reichstag in the Empire 1867/71-1918. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8006 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8006.

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