Asal, Victor and Cousins, Ken and Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede (2015) Making ends meet. Journal of Peace Research, 52 (1). pp. 134-138. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343314545903
Asal, Victor and Cousins, Ken and Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede (2015) Making ends meet. Journal of Peace Research, 52 (1). pp. 134-138. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343314545903
Asal, Victor and Cousins, Ken and Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede (2015) Making ends meet. Journal of Peace Research, 52 (1). pp. 134-138. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343314545903
Abstract
<jats:p> A growing number of datasets collect information reflecting the behavior and characteristics of contentious and violent organizations. Most of these datasets are not arranged so that they can be easily combined for analytical purposes. In particular, there is a lack of common identifiers for organizations. This creates a great deal of duplication of effort as well as many potential stumbling blocks for those who would like to combine information from different datasets for new analyses or research questions. We describe an existing effort to overcome common challenges and link organizations called the Terrorist Organization (TORG) crosswalk. We further propose a new effort, a Shared Contentious Actor Registry (SCAR), to allow for a more comprehensive and concerted effort to meet the challenges in linking data. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | conflict; contentious politics; data integration; terrorism |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics J Political Science > JA Political science (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2015 08:41 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 16:30 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13559 |