Arab.Spring: Determinants of the Arab Spring Uprising
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Determinants of the Arab Spring Uprising
Description
A dataset containing fuzzy-set membership scores for ten sets of state
characteristics across 20 states in northern Africa and the Arab Peninsula
at the time of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2010–12.
Usage
Arab.Spring
Format
A data frame with 20 rows and 10 variables, measured as fuzzy-set
membership scores:
- Gdppc
Per-capita GDP.
- Gini
Economic inequality.
- Unemp
Unemployment.
- Urban
Degree of urbanization.
- Youth
Size of youth bulge.
- Mobile
Mobile phone usage.
- Internet
Internet penetration.
- Fuel
Fuel-dependence of economy.
- Pol
Regime fragility.
- Success
Social movement success.
Value
A data.frame object
Source
Hussain, Muzammil M., and Philip N. Howard. 2013. "What Best Explains
Successful Protest Cascades? ICTs and the Fuzzy Causes of the Arab Spring."
International Studies Review 15(1): 48–66.
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Determinants of the Arab Spring Uprising
Description
A dataset containing fuzzy-set membership scores for ten sets of state characteristics across 20 states in northern Africa and the Arab Peninsula at the time of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2010–12.
Usage
Arab.Spring
Format
A data frame with 20 rows and 10 variables, measured as fuzzy-set membership scores:
- Gdppc
Per-capita GDP.
- Gini
Economic inequality.
- Unemp
Unemployment.
- Urban
Degree of urbanization.
- Youth
Size of youth bulge.
- Mobile
Mobile phone usage.
- Internet
Internet penetration.
- Fuel
Fuel-dependence of economy.
- Pol
Regime fragility.
- Success
Social movement success.
Value
A data.frame object
Source
Hussain, Muzammil M., and Philip N. Howard. 2013. "What Best Explains Successful Protest Cascades? ICTs and the Fuzzy Causes of the Arab Spring." International Studies Review 15(1): 48–66.
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