Selection from the NAVCO dataset v. 2.0

The Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) Data Project Version 2.0, Campaign-Year Data. Compiled by: Erica Chenoweth and Orion A. Lewis, Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver. Original dataset and codebook available at http://www.navcodata.org/. Last revised: May 1, 2013. This dataset is described in Erica Chenoweth and Orion A. Lewis, "Unpacking Nonviolent Campaigns: Introducing the NAVCO 2.0 Dataset," Journal of Peace Research, May 2013. The documentation below is directly derived from the codebook.

navco_2

Format

An object of class data.frame with 1726 rows and 22 columns.

Variable descriptions

country_name

Standardized country name. This is the same across all datasets in this package, so you can always join them by country_name and year. Character with 118 distinct values. Most common: India (78), Myanmar (Burma) (96), Philippines (60). NAs = 0.

location

Country in which the campaign takes place. Not standardized. Character with 122 distinct values. Most common: Burma (96), India (78), Philippines (60). NAs = 0.

target

Target of the campaign. Character with 179 distinct values. Most common: British occupation (73), Burmese government (93), Indonesian occupation (90). NAs = 0.

GWn

Gleditsch-Ward numeric country code. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Numeric. Max = 910, min = 40, distinct = 118, mean = 558.115, sd = 243.454, NAs = 0.

year

Year. Numeric. Max = 2006, min = 1945, distinct = 62, mean = 1980.882, sd = 14.976, NAs = 0.

id

ID of the campaign. Numeric. Max = 250, min = 1, distinct = 250, mean = 136.024, sd = 63.446, NAs = 0.

campaign

Campaign name. Character with 250 distinct values. Most common: Karens (59), Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombi... (43), West Papua Anti-Occupation (43). NAs = 0.

navco1designation

Denotes the type of resistance method designated for the campaign in the NAVCO v1.1 dataset, based on an "ideal types" criterion. Note that this variable refers to the campaign's coding from NAVCO v1.1. In NAVCO v2.0 this variable is static even though campaigns can change their primary resistance method. 0=primarily violent campaign 1=primarily nonviolent campaign Numeric. Max = 1, min = 0, distinct = 2, mean = 0.198, sd = 0.399, NAs = 0.

prim_method

Denotes the primary type of resistance method used in a campaign year. 0=primarily violent campaign 1=primarily nonviolent campaign. (Can vary over the life of a campaign, unlike navco1designation). Numeric. Max = 1, min = 0, distinct = 2, mean = 0.2, sd = 0.4, NAs = 0.

camp_goals

Stated goals of the campaign. 0=regime change 1=significant institutional reform 2=policy change 3=territorial secession 4=greater autonomy 5=anti-occupation -99=unknown. Numeric. Max = 5, min = 0, distinct = 7, mean = 2.161, sd = 2.025, NAs = 16.

success

1=campaign outcome successful within one year of peak of activities, 0=otherwise. Numeric. Max = 1, min = 0, distinct = 3, mean = 0.068, sd = 0.253, NAs = 16.

camp_size

Indicator of the general size of the campaign. 0=1-999 1=1000-9,999 2=10,000-99,999 3=100,000-499,999 4=500,000-1million 5=>1 million -99=unknown. Numeric. Max = 5, min = -99, distinct = 8, mean = 1.362, sd = 5.203, NAs = 172.

GWc

Gleditsch-Ward alphabetic country code. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Character with 118 distinct values. Most common: IND (78), MYA (96), PHI (60). NAs = 0.

cown

Correlates of War numeric country code. Differs from GWn for a few country-years. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Numeric. Max = 910, min = 40, distinct = 121, mean = 558.173, sd = 243.488, NAs = 0.

region

Region. Character with 18 distinct values. Most common: Eastern Africa (195), South-Eastern Asia (345), Southern Asia (212). NAs = 0.

continent

Continent. Character with 5 distinct values. Most common: Africa (508), Americas (220), Asia (751). NAs = 0.

GW_startdate

Date at which the state entered the system of states according to Gleditsch and Ward, or NA if it has never been a member. Other.

GW_enddate

Date at which the state ceased to be a member of the system of states according to Gleditsch and Ward, or NA if it still exists. Other.

microstate

Indicator of whether the state is a microstate, according to Gleditsch's list of microstates. Logical. TRUE = 0, FALSE = 1726, NAs = 0.

lat

Latitude. Numeric. Max = 61.524, min = -38.416, distinct = 117, mean = 15.288, sd = 19.928, NAs = 0.

lon

Longitude. Numeric. Max = 143.956, min = -102.553, distinct = 117, mean = 39.189, sd = 61.3, NAs = 0.

in_system

Whether the country-year is in the Gleditsch-Ward system of states. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Logical. TRUE = 1543, FALSE = 183, NAs = 0.

References

Erica Chenoweth and Orion A. Lewis, "Unpacking Nonviolent Campaigns: Introducing the NAVCO 2.0 Dataset," Journal of Peace Research, May 2013.

See also

Other violence: fariss, powell_thyne