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This section describes world and regional political characteristics and changes in those characteristics. Variables relate to government or political activities, and include political freedom, corruption, indicators of democracy, war and terrorism ...
Tables of world data
Tables to be added:
Polity IV
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/inscr/polity/index.htm
has information on regime and authority characteristics of all independent
states from 1800 to 1999.
Political freedom
http://freedomhouse.org/reports/century.html
countries and their political typology for 1900, 1950 and 2000.
Freedom House ratings of political freedom, at
http://www.freedomhouse.org/ratings/index.htm
Transparency International Corruption Perception Index
a comparative assessment of country's integrity performance,
University of Göttingen http://www.gwdg.de/~uwvw/icr.htm
Transparency International http://www.transparency.org
Patterns of Global Terrorism
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/
statistical data from various years, of international terrorism, that
is, terrorism involving people from more than one country.
2000 report is at http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/
See the introduction at http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2419
for definitions of terrorism.
Data figures include
Total International Casualties by Region, 1995-2000
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2456&clid=2408
Total International Terrorist Attacks, 1981-2000
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2452&clid=2408
1996 report is at http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1996Report/1996index.html
International Terrorist Incidents Over Time, 1977-96
http://www.state.gov/www/images/chart70.gif
Casualties of International Terrorist Incidents, 1991-96
http://www.state.gov/www/images/chart73.gif
Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/tucker.htm
presenting data for 1960-1998 about bioterrorist attacks.
National Defense Council Federation
World conflict, 1993-2000
http://www.ndcf.org/Conflict_List/Conflict_Count_2000.htm
Armed conflict data http://www.pcr.uu.se/
armed conflict data for 1989-1997. From the Department of Peace and
Conflict Research
UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency, data from annual statistics reports,
Refugees and Others of Concern to UNHCR - 1999 Statistical Overview.
Data on numbers of refugees from 150 countries, 1990-1999.
http://www.unhcr.ch/
These tables will be prepared using lotus 123 and with openstat which is a free statistical program, and with Star Office Sun Microsystems office package.
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last updated 11/121/02
