africa {BaM}

africa

Description

African Coups Data, pp.562-564

Usage

data(africa)

Format

data frame with 33 observations of different African countries' military coups with 7 explanatory variables

Details

The variables included in the dataset are:

• MILTCOUP Military Coups

• MILITARY Military Oligarchy

• POLLIB Political Liberalization: 0 for no observable civil rights for political expression, 1 for limited, and 2 for extensive

• PARTY93 number of legally registered political parties

• PCTVOTE Percent Legislative Voting

• PCTTURN Percent registered voting

• SIZE in one thousand square kilometer units

• POP Population in millions

• NUMREGIM Regime

• NUMELEC Election

Source

Bratton, M. and Van De Walle, N. (1994). Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa. World Politics 46, 453-489.