Index for Spacetime Data Archive


This site provides an overview of the datasets currently made available at the isere.colorado.edu ftp site by the spacetime project

Follow the below links for the most recent versions of the individual data set and project web sites, if available

For further details on the spacetime project and reserach papers, go to the The Spatial and Temporal Diffusion of Democracy home page


Contents of isere.colorado.edu/ftp/pub/datasets
Last update: 03.31.1998

  • Contiguity matrices
    A set of annual contiguity matrices, 1946-94. A new improved data set on distance between polities in the international system will be made available here within shortly

  • Interstate Crisis Behavior
    Data and documentation from the Interstate Crisis Behavior data, courtesy of Jonathan Wilkenfeld and Michael Brecher

  • Leaders (no web site)
    Documentation and data from the leaders data set, courtesy of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Randolph M. Siverson

  • Polity
    is a directory containing documentation and data from the polity3 data set, courtesy of Keith Jaggers and Ted R. Gurr. polity3d contains the Polity 3d data with dating of polity changes, courtesy of Nils Petter Gleditsch, Haavard Hegre, Scott Gates, Sara McLaughlin, Ranveig Gissinger, and Ted R. Gurr

  • Ray (no web site)
    The James Ray democracy indicator, courtesy of James Ray.


    DISCLAIMER: These data are provided as is, with the permission of the authors and stewards of the databases. They are intended for noncommercial uses in the scholarly community.


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