Variable: Cabinet composition (Schmidt index)
QoG Code: (cpds_govlr)
Description:
Cabinet composition (Schmidt-Index):
- Hegemony of right-wing (and centre) parties.
- Dominance of right-wing (and centre) parties.
- Balance of power between left and right.
- Dominance of social-democratic and other left parties.
- Hegemony of social-democratic and other left parties.
Type of variable: Categorical
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-08-31
Last updated by source: 2023-07-25
Categories:
Political Parties and Elections
Find this variable in:
OECD Cross-section - 2024
OECD Time-series - 2024
Standard Cross-section - 2024
Standard Time-series - 2024
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
| Dataset |
No. Countries |
| Standard cross-section: |
36 |
| Standard time-series: |
38 |
| OECD cross-section: |
31 |
| OECD time-series: |
33 |
This variable has information for these countries:
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- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus (1975-)
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France (-1962)
- France (1963-)
- Germany
- Germany, West
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2021