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Comparative Political Data Set

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data

 

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Data description

The Comparative Political Data Set (Universität Bern) provides institutional and political observations for 36 democratic countries from 1960 to 2020 (updated 2022). The database facilitates cross national, longitudinal and time series analyses. Data for Greece, Spain and Portugal cover only democratic periods.

CPDS is prepared at the Universität Bern under the direction of Prof. Klaus Armingeon. Additional demographic, social and economic variables are included for context.

The 'Supplement to the Comparative Political Data Set - Government Composition' provides data on "party composition, reshuffles, duration, reason for termination and the type of government for 36 OECD and/or EU-member countries."

EUI users of CPDS may also be interested in these Library resources:

• Cross-National Time-Series database
• International Historical Statistics
• International Country Risk Guide

 

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Time period

• Updated: September 2022
• Data coverage: 1960–2020

 

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Support links

• Details of CPDS are available in English and German on the Universität Bern site
• Documentation is available on this project page.

 

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How to access data

Data are available via this Universität Bern page. 

For citation, please use: "Armingeon, Klaus, Sarah Engler and Lucas Leemann. 2022. Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2020. Zurich: Department of Political Science, University of Zurich."

 

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Data homepage

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