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Comparative Political Data Set

Also known as CPDS

The Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2018 (CPDS) is a collection of political and institutional data which have been assembled in the context of the research projects “Die Handlungsspielräume des Nationalstaates” and “Critical junctures. An international comparison” directed by Klaus Armingeon and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. This data set consists of (mostly) annual data for 36 democratic OECD and/or EU-member coun-tries for the period of 1960 to 2018. In all countries, political data were collected only for the democratic periods. The data set is suited for cross-national, longitudinal and pooled time-series analyses.

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About this database

Websitehttps://www.cpds-data.org/index.php
SubjectsHumanities and Social Sciences · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Social Sciences · Economics · Jurisprudence · Empirical Social Research · Political Science · Statistics and Econometrics · Legal and Political Philosophy, Legal History, Legal Theory
Last updated2026-09-12

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