Contestation and Inclusiveness, 1950-2000

Data source: Coppedge, Alvarez and Maldonado

Description:

These are the two principal components of 13-15 indicators of democracy, including those compiled by Freedom House; Polity; Arthur Banks; Alvarez, Cheibub, Limongi, and Przeworski, as updated by Cheibub and Gandhi; Bollen; and Cingranelli and Richards. The dataset covers most countries in the world from 1950 through 2000. In an article in the Journal of Politics (July 2008), the authors argue that these principal components, which capture 75 percent of variation in the most commonly used democracy indicators, measure Robert Dahl's two dimensions of polyarchy: contestation and inclusiveness.

Last updated by source: 2009-06-25

Dataset type:	Time-Series
Dataset level:	Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Coppedge, M., Alvarez, A., & Maldonado, C. (2008). Two persistent dimensions of democracy: Contestation and inclusiveness. The Journal of Politics, 70(3), 632–647. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381608080663

    @article{cam1,
 author = {Michael Coppedge and Angel Alvarez and Claudia Maldonado},
 doi = {10.1017/S0022381608080663},
 journal = {The Journal of Politics},
 number = {3},
 pages = {632--647},
 publisher = {University of Chicago Press Journals},
 title = {Two Persistent Dimensions of Democracy: Contestation and Inclusiveness},
 volume = {70},
 year = {2008}
}

Variables in this dataset:

Contestation (standardized version)

QoG Code: cam_contest

Contestation standardized to be comparable across years.

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Inclusiveness (standardized version)

QoG Code: cam_inclusive

Inclusiveness standardized to be comparable across years.

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