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The Political Settlements Dataset: Power Configurations and Political Blocs in the Global South, 1946-2018

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Title The Political Settlements Dataset: Power Configurations and Political Blocs in the Global South, 1946-2018
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UYPEWU
 
Creator Schulz, Nicolai
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Political scientists have long sought to understand power dynamics across the Global South, but efforts to systematically capture political power have been limited, and existing datasets have faced conceptual and measurement challenges. The Political Settlements dataset was developed to address these issues. This original expert survey-based dataset includes over 100 political economy variables coded for 42 countries from 1946 or independence to 2018 (totalling 2,718 country years). It allows for a detailed mapping of countries' power configurations, capturing information on the relative size, power and social composition of competing political blocs in society, as well as their internal cohesion, accountability relations and distribution of benefits. The dataset is expected to enable more direct and rigorous analyses of power differentials in the Global South and their impact on political and economic developments. This letter describes how the dataset was constructed, discusses its validity, and highlights some of its key features.
 
Subject Social Sciences
political incorporation
political cohesion
leader support
power concentration
societal power distribution
 
Date 2023-09-26
 
Contributor Schulz, Nicolai