QoG Data

The Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2021 (CPDS) is a collection of political and institutional data which have been assembled in the context of the research projects “Die Handlungsspielräume des Nationalstaates” and “Critical junctures. An international comparison” directed by Klaus Armingeon and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. This data set consists of (mostly) annual data for 36 democratic OECD and/or EU-member countries for the period of 1960 to 2021. In all countries, political data were collected only for the democratic periods. The data set is suited for cross-national, longitudinal and pooled time-series analyses.

The present data set combines and replaces the earlier versions “Comparative Political Data Set I” (data for 23 OECD countries from 1960 onwards) and the “Comparative Political Data Set III” (data for 36 OECD and/or EU member states from 1990 onwards). A variable has been added to identify former CPDS I countries.

Citation:

• Armingeon, K., Engler, S., Leemann, L., & Weisstanner, D. (2023a). Comparative political data set 1960-2021.

• Armingeon, K., Engler, S., Leemann, L., & Weisstanner, D. (2023b). Supplement to the comparative political data set – government composition 1960-2021.

    @misc{cpds1,
 author = {Armingeon, Klaus and Sarah Engler and Lucas Leemann and David Weisstanner},
 note = {Zurich/Lueneburg/Lucerne: University of Zurich, Leuphana University Lueneburg, and University of Lucerne},
 title = {Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2021},
 year = {2023}
}

@misc{cpds2,
 author = {Armingeon, Klaus and Sarah Engler and Lucas Leemann and David Weisstanner},
 note = {Zurich/Lueneburg/Lucerne: University of Zurich, Leuphana University Lueneburg, and University of Lucerne},
 title = {Supplement to the Comparative Political Data Set – Government Composition 1960-2021},
 year = {2023}
}

Variables in this dataset:

Number of changes in government per year

QoG Code: cpds_chg

Number of changes in government per year [termination of government due to (a) elections, (b) voluntary resignation of the Prime Minister, (c) resignation of Prime Minister due to health reasons, (d) dissension within government (break up of the coalition), (e) lack of parliamentary support, (f) intervention by the head of state, or (g) broadening of the coalition (inclusion of new parties).

Dataset type:	Time-Series
Dataset level:	Country

Comparative Political Data Set

Data source: Armingeon, Engler and Leemann

Description:

Citation:

Variables in this dataset:

QoG Code: cpds_chg

QoG Code: cpds_enps

QoG Code: cpds_enpv

QoG Code: cpds_frel

QoG Code: cpds_frleg

QoG Code: cpds_govlr

QoG Code: cpds_govsup

QoG Code: cpds_la

QoG Code: cpds_lall

QoG Code: cpds_lcom

QoG Code: cpds_lcon

QoG Code: cpds_le

QoG Code: cpds_lfe

QoG Code: cpds_lg

QoG Code: cpds_ll

QoG Code: cpds_lls

QoG Code: cpds_lmo

QoG Code: cpds_lnl

QoG Code: cpds_lo

QoG Code: cpds_lp

QoG Code: cpds_lpc

QoG Code: cpds_lpen

QoG Code: cpds_lper

QoG Code: cpds_lr

QoG Code: cpds_lreg

QoG Code: cpds_lrel

QoG Code: cpds_ls

QoG Code: cpds_tg

QoG Code: cpds_va

QoG Code: cpds_vall

QoG Code: cpds_vcom

QoG Code: cpds_vcon

QoG Code: cpds_ve

QoG Code: cpds_vfe

QoG Code: cpds_vg

QoG Code: cpds_vl

QoG Code: cpds_vls

QoG Code: cpds_vmo

QoG Code: cpds_vnl

QoG Code: cpds_vo

QoG Code: cpds_vp

QoG Code: cpds_vpcom

QoG Code: cpds_vpen

QoG Code: cpds_vper

QoG Code: cpds_vr

QoG Code: cpds_vreg

QoG Code: cpds_vrel

QoG Code: cpds_vs

QoG Code: cpds_vt