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User Guide (Pdf) INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT 1945-1995 1999 USER GUIDE 1 DATA FORMAT The data is set up in a standard SPSS data file (med99.sps). There are three records per case (conflict management event). The first record contains the dispute data, incorporating 66 columns. The second record contains the party data incorporating 77 columns. The third record contains the conflict management data including a 67 column repeating data format. The position of the data within the records is shown below. Variable Code Variable Labels Column # Dispute Variables Record 1 D1 Dispute Number 1-3 D2a Dispute Start Date (month) 5-6 D2b Dispute Start Date (year) 7-8 D3a Dispute End Date (month) 10-11 D3b Dispute End Date (year) 12-13 D4 Duration (grouped) 15 D4a Duration (raw) 16-18 D5 Fatalities (grouped) 19 D5a Fatalities (raw) 20-26 D6 Dispute Intensity 27 D7 Highest Action 28-29 D8 Hostility Level 30 D9 Reciprocity 31 D10 System Period Dispute Start 32 D11a Dispute in Progress 1945-55 33 D11b Dispute in Progress 1956-65 34 D11c Dispute in Progress 1966-75 35 D11d Dispute in Progress 1976-85 36 D11e Dispute in Progress 1986-95 37 D12 Geographic Region 38 D13 Geographical Proximity of Parties 39 D14 Issue One 40 D14a Issue Two 41 D14b Issue Three 42 D15 Final Outcome 43 D16 Reemergence of Dispute 44 D17 Type of Conflict 45 D18 Number Mediation Efforts 46-48 D18a Number of Mediations Offered Only 49 D19 Number of Mediators in the Dispute 50-51 D20 Number of Negotiations in the Dispute 52-54 D21 Number of Arbitrations in the Dispute 55 D22 Number of Referals to INO in the Dispute 56 D23 Number of Multilateral Conferences in the Dispute 57 D24 Total Number Conflict Management Efforts 58-60 D25 UN Involvment in the Dispute 61 D26 Super Power Involvement in the Dispute 62 D27 UN Peacekeeping/Sanctions/Embargos Operating 63 D28 Code Number of Previous Joint Dispute Between the Parties 64-66 2 Party Variables Record 2 P1 Dispute Initiator (Party A) 15-18 P2 Type of Power Initiator 19 P3 Balance of Power Initiator 20 P4a Party A Initiator in Previous Disputes 21 P4b Party B Initiator in Previous Disputes 22 P5a Identity Party A 23-26 P5b Identity Party B 27-30 P6a Time in International System Party A 31 P6b Time in International System Party B 32 P7 Alignment 33 P8a Type of Actor Party A 34 P8b Type of Actor Party B 35 P9a Member of UN Party A 36 P9b Member of UN Party B 37 P10a Power Party A (raw) 38-39 P10b Power Party B (raw) 40-41 P11a Power Party A (grouped) 42 P11b Power Party B (grouped) 43 P12 Previous Relations Between the Parties 44 P13a History Disputes with Other Parties Party A 45 P13b History Disputes with Other Parties Party B 46 P14a Political System Party A 47 P14b Political System Party B 48 P15a Political Openness/Democracy Score Party A 49-50 P15b Political Openness/Democracy Score Party B 51-52 P16a Political Closedness/Autocracy Score Party A 53-54 P16b Political Closedness/Autocracy Score Party B 55-56 P17a Politiy Change During the Dispute Party A 57 P17b Politiy Change During the Dispute Party B 58 P18a Leadership Change During the Dispute Party A 59 P18b Leadership Change During the Dispute Party B 60 P19a Number of Parties Supporting Party A 61 P19b Number of Parties Supporting Party B 62 P20a Homogeneity Party A 63 P20b Homogeneity Party B 64 P21a Political Rights Party A 65 P21b Political Rights Party B 66 P22a Civil Liberties Party A 67 P22b Civil Liberties Party B 68 P23 Initiator Same in Previous Disputes with the Parties 69 P24 Issues in Previous Dispute Between the Parties 70 P25 Balance of Power in the Parties Previous Dispute 71 P26 Highest Hostility Level in the Parties Previous Dispute 72 P27 Outcome of Previous Dispute Between the Parties 73 P28 Temporal Proximity the Parties Previous Dispute 74 P29 Polity Change of Parties Since Previous Joint Dispute 75 P30 Leadership Change of Parties Since Previous Joint Dispute 76 P31 United Nations Operations Present in Previous Joint Dispute 77 3 Record 3 RDCM Repeating Data Variable 1-3 Conflict Management Variabels Record 3 CM1 Mediation Number in the Dispute 5-8 CM2a Conflict Management start date (day) 10-11 CM2b Conflict Management start date (month) 13-13 CM2c Conflict Management start date (year) 14-15 CM3 Conflict Management Type 17 CM4 Third Party Identity 18-21 CM5 Mediator Rank 22-23 CM6 Strategies-Primary 24 CM6a Supplementary Strategies 25 CM7 Previous Relationship of the Parties with the Mediator 26 CM8 Previous Conflict Management Attempts this Dispute 27 CM9 Previous Attempts this Mediator in the Dispute 28 CM10a Timing of Conflict Management Effort (grouped) 29 CM10b Timing of Conflict Management Effort (raw) 30-32 CM11 Dispute Phase of Conflict Management Effort 33 CM12 Initiation of Conflict Management Effort By 34 CM13 Environment of Conflict Management Effort 35 CM14 Outcome of Conflict Management Effort 36 CM15 Hostilities Reported at Time of Intervention 37 CM16 Durability Outcome 38 CM17a Rank of Negotiator for Party A 39 CM17b Rank of Negotiator for Party B 40 CM18 Number of Mediators Acting in the Mediation Effort 41 CM19 Functional Mediator Identity 42 CM20 Mediation Effort Type 43 CM21 Mediator Experience 44 CM22 United Nations Mediator 45 CM23 Conflict Management Duration 46 CM24 Identifying International Organisation Mediating 47-48 CM25 Rank of Mediator Representing INO 49 CM26 Number Mediators in INO Attempts 50-51 CM27 Previous Conflict Management Type 52 CM28 Previous Conflict Management Initiated By 53 CM29 Previous Conflict Management Environment 54 CM30 Previous Conflcit Management Outcome 55 CM31 Previous Mediation/Negotiation Initiated by 56 CM32 Previous Mediation/Negotiation Environment 57 CM33 Previous Mediation/Negotiation Outcome 58 CM34 Change in Negotiator From Last Effort 59 CM35 Change in Mediator From Last Effort 60 CM36 Previous Rank of Last Mediator this Dispute 61-62 CM37 Previous Strategy of Last Mediation Effort 63 CM38 Previous Relationship of Last Mediator with the Parties 64 CM39 Previous Number of Mediators in Last Effort 65 CM40 Number of Different Mediators in the Dispute so far 66 CM41 Previous Strategy This Mediator in this Dispute 67 CM42 Previous Initiator With This Mediator this Dispute 68 CM43 Previous Environment With This Mediator this Dispute 69 CM44 Previous Outcome With This Mediator this Dispute 70 CM45 Mediator’s Experience With The Parties In Other Disputes 71 4 DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIABLES DISPUTE CHARACTERISTICS Identifying the Dispute. D1 DISPUTE NUMBER Each dispute has an individual code number (Appendix 2) Dispute Occurance. D2a DISPUTE START DATE (MONTH) Month the dispute started (01) Jan (05) May (09) Sept (13) 1st quarter (02) Feb (06) June (10) Oct (14) 2nd quarter (03)March (07) July (11) Nov (15) 3rd quarter (17) 1st half year (04) April (08) Aug (12) Dec (16) 4th quarter (18) 2nd half year D2b DISPUTE START DATE (YEAR) Year the dispute started From (45) to (95) D3a DISPUTE END DATE (MONTH) Month the dispute ended (01) Jan (05) May (09) Sept (13) 1st quarter (02) Feb (06) June (10) Oct (14) 2nd quarter (03) March (07) July (11) Nov (15) 3rd quarter (17) 1st half year (04) April (08) Aug (12) Dec (16) 4th quarter (18)2nd half year D3b DISPUTE END DATE (YEAR) Year the dispute ended From (45) to (95) (96) = ongoing dispute D4 DURATION (GROUPED) Total duration of the dispute in months (1) 0-1 months (3) 4-6 (5)13-24 (7) 36+ (2) 1-3 (4) 7-12 (6) 25-36 (9) Unknown D4a DURATION (RAW) The actual number of months D10 SYSTEM PERIOD The system period in which the major part of the dispute occurred. (1) 1945-55 (2) 1956-65 (3) 1966-75 (4) 1976-85 (5) 1986-95 D11a DISPUTE IN PROGRESS 1945-55 (0) no (1) yes D11b DISPUTE IN PROGRESS 1956-65 (0) no (1) yes D11c DISPUTE IN PROGRESS 1966-75 5 (0) no (1) yes D11d DISPUTE IN PROGRESS 1976-85 (0) no (1) yes D11e DISPUTE IN PROGRESS 1986-95 (0) no (1) yes D12 GEOGRAPHIC REGION The geographic region in which the dispute occurred (1) North America (4) South West Asia (2) Central and South America (5) East Asia and the Pacific (3) Africa (6) Middle East (7) Europe D13 GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY OF PARTIES (1) both parties from region of dispute (2) one party outside of region (3) one party colonial power outside of region 6 Nature of the Dispute. D5 FATALITIES (GROUPED) (1) 0-500 (3) 1001-5000 (5) 10000+ (2) 501-1000 (4) 5001-10000 (9) Unknown D5a FATLAITIES (RAW) The actual number of fatalities D6 DISPUTE INTENSITY Fatalities per month (1) 0-500 (2) 501-1000 (3) 1001-10000 (4) 10000+ (5) Unknown D7 HIGHEST ACTION (01) no militarized action (11) nuclear alert (21) use of CBR weapons (02) threat to use force (12) mobilization (22) interstate war (03) threat to blockade (13) fortify border-close air space (23) full civil war (04) threat to occupy territory (14) border-air violation (24) rebellion-insurgency (05) threat to declare war or coup (15) blockade (25) independence war (06) threat to use nuclear weapons (16) occupation of territory-invasion attempt (07) show of troops (17) seizure (08) show of ships (18) clash (09) show of planes (19) other use of force-armed intervention to keep peace-security (10) alert (20) declaration of war D8 HOSTILITY LEVEL (1) no miliarized threat (2) threat to use force (3) display of force (4) use of force (5) war D9 RECIPROCITY (0) no (1) yes D14 ISSUE ONE (0) unspecified (2) Ideology (4) Independence (1) Territory (3) Security (5) Resources (6) Ethnic D14a ISSUE TWO (0) unspecified (2) Ideology (4) Independence (1) Territory (3) Security (5) Resources (6) Ethnic D14b ISSUE THREE (0) unspecified (2) Ideology (4) Independence (1) Territory (3) Security (5) Resources (6) Ethnic D17 TYPE OF CONFLICT The level of internationalisation of the conflict.
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