R/powell_thyne_doc.R

In xmarquez/AuthoritarianismBook: Replication Package for the Book Non-Democratic Politics by Xavier Marquez

#' Powell-Thyne coup data (V2015.09.30)
#'
#' Count of coups by Powell and Thyne. Described in Powell and Thyne (2011); data
#' is fully updated up to 2015. Original data available at
#' \url{http://www.uky.edu/~clthyn2/coup_data/powell_thyne_coups_final.txt}
#'
#' @section Variable descriptions:
#'
#' \describe{ \item{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 96 distinct values. Most common:
#' Argentina (20), Bolivia (23), Sudan (14). NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{GWn}{Gleditsch-Ward numeric country code. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999).
#' Numeric. Max = 950, min = 40, distinct = 96, mean = 430.717, sd = 244.821, NAs
#' = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{year}{Year. Numeric. Max = 2015, min = 1950, distinct = 65, mean =
#' 1976.749, sd = 15.714, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{date}{Date of the coup. Date. Max = 2015-09-17, min = 1950-05-10,
#' distinct = 468, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{coup}{Coup type. 1 = unsuccessful, 2 = successful. Numeric. Max = 2, min
#' = 1, distinct = 2, mean = 1.498, sd = 0.501, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{attempt_type}{Character version of coup. Character with 2 distinct
#' values. Most common: Successful (236), Unsuccessful (238). NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{powell_country}{Country name in the original dataset. Character with 97
#' distinct values. Most common: Argentina (20), Bolivia (23), Sudan (14). NAs =
#' 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{GWc}{Gleditsch-Ward alphabetic country code. See Gleditsch and Ward
#' (1999). Character with 96 distinct values. Most common: ARG (20), BOL (23), SUD
#' (14). NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{cown}{Correlates of War numeric country code. Differs from GWn for a few
#' country-years. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Numeric. Max = 950, min = 40,
#' distinct = 96, mean = 430.717, sd = 244.821, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{region}{Region. Character with 15 distinct values. Most common: South
#' America (95), Western Africa (95), Western Asia (50). NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{continent}{Continent. Character with 5 distinct values. Most common:
#' Africa (205), Americas (146), Asia (108). NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{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.}
#'
#'
#' \item{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.}
#'
#'
#' \item{microstate}{Indicator of whether the state is a microstate, according to
#' Gleditsch's list of microstates. Logical. TRUE = 6, FALSE = 468, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{lat}{Latitude. Numeric. Max = 61.524, min = -38.416, distinct = 96, mean
#' = 7.889, sd = 18.345, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{lon}{Longitude. Numeric. Max = 178.065, min = -90.231, distinct = 96,
#' mean = 2.225, sd = 59.32, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{in_cow}{Whether the country-year is in the Correlates of War system of
#' states. Logical. TRUE = 462, FALSE = 12, NAs = 0.}
#'
#'
#' \item{in_system}{Whether the country-year is in the Gleditsch-Ward system of
#' states. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Logical. TRUE = 473, FALSE = 1, NAs =
#' 0.}
#'
#'
#' }
#'
#'
#'
#' @references
#'
#' Powell, Jonathan M., and Clayton L. Thyne. 2011. "Global Instances of Coups
#' from 1950 to 2010: A New Dataset." Journal of Peace Research 48 (2): 249-59.
#'
#'
#'
#'
#' @family coups
#'
#' @family violence
"powell_thyne"