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Foundational Datasets

• Foundational Studies in International Relations
• Foundational Studies in Comparative Politics

Located among the international data holdings of ICPSR are foundational studies for the fields of international relations and comparative politics. These pivotal studies transformed the way world politics were studied by using the scientific method to study international phenomena. The datasets identified here contributed to some of the most important studies to emerge in the literature.

Foundational Studies in International Relations

The Work of Karl W. Deutsch

• Deutsch, Karl W., Arms Control in the European Political Environment: French and German Elite Responses, 1964 (ICPSR 7274)

• Russett, Bruce M., Karl Deutsch, Hayward Alker, and Harold Lasswell, World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators, 1961-1963 (ICPSR 5022)

The Works of Ted Robert Gurr

• Gurr, Ted Robert, Causal Model of Civil Strife, 1961-1965 (ICPSR 5009)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, Civil Strife Events, 1955-1970 (ICPSR 7531)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, Polity II: Political Structures and Regime Change, 1800-1986 (ICPSR 9263)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, and Erica Gurr, Crime in Western Societies, 1945-1974 (ICPSR 7769)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, and Erica Gurr, Polity Data: Persistence and Change in Political Systems, 1800-1971 (ICPSR 5010)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, and Robin Giles, Conflict and Society (ICPSR 7452)

• Gurr, Ted Robert, and Vaughn Bishop, Civil Strife Conflict Magnitudes, 1955-1970 (ICPSR 7485)

• Jaggers, Keith, and Ted Robert Gurr, Polity III: Regime Type and Political Authority, 1800-1994 (ICPSR 6695)

• Moore, Will H., and Ted Robert Gurr, Ethnopolitical Rebellion, a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 1980s with Risk Assessments for the 1990s(ICPSR 1135)

The Work of Ernst Haas

• Haas, Ernst, Robert Butterworth, and Joseph Nye, Conflict Management by International Organizations, 1945-1970 (ICPSR 5303)

The Work of Ole R. Holsti

• Holsti, Ole R., and James N. Rosenau Foreign Policy Leadership Project, 1976-1996 (ICPSR 2614)

The Work of Paul Huth

• Huth, Paul, Christopher Gelpi, and Scott D. Bennett, Escalation of Great Power Disputes: Deterrence Versus Structural Realism, 1816-1984 (ICPSR 6355)

• Huth, Paul, Scott D. Bennett, and Christopher Gelpi, Initiation of Militarized Disputes Among Great Power Rivals, 1816-1975 (ICPSR 6356)

The Works of Harold K. Jacobson

• Jacobson, Harold K., International Governmental Organizations: Memberships and Characteristics, 1981 and 1992 (ICPSR 6737)

• Jacobson, Harold K., New States and Functional International Organizations: Delegate Survey, 1965 (ICPSR 5514)

• Jacobson, Harold K., United Nations and Colonialism, 1946-1967 (ICPSR 5513)

The Work of Jack S. Levy

• Levy, Jack S., Great Power Wars, 1495-1815 (ICPSR 9955)

The Work of Joseph Nye

• Haas, Ernst, Robert Butterworth, and Joseph Nye, Conflict Management by International Organizations, 1945-1970 (ICPSR 5303)

The Work of A.F.K. Organski

• Organski, A.F.K., and Jacek Kugler, War Ledger Data, 1870-1974 (ICPSR 9000)

The Work of James N. Rosenau

• Holsti, Ole R., and James N. Rosenau, Foreign Policy Leadership Project, 1976-1996 (ICPSR 2614)

• Rosenau, James N., Foreign Policy Elites Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7257)

The Works of Bruce M. Russett

• Hanson, Elizabeth C., and Bruce M. Russett, Economic Interpretations of American Intervention, 1964-1968 (ICPSR 7382)

• Russett, Bruce M., Burdens of National Defense, 1961-1968 (ICPSR 7388)

• Russett, Bruce M., International Military Alliance Data, 1920-1957 (ICPSR 5601)

• Russett, Bruce M., International Regions and the International System, 1969 (ICPSR 5652)

• Russett, Bruce M., and Elizabeth C. Hanson, Foreign Affairs Perspectives of United States Business and Military Elites, 1973 (ICPSR 7491)

• Russett, Bruce M., Arthur Banks, and Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators I and A Cross-Polity Survey: Merged Data, 1961-1963 (ICPSR 5023)

• Russett, Bruce M., Karl Deutsch, Hayward Alker, and Harold Lasswell, World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators, 1961-1963 (ICPSR 5022)

The Works of J. David Singer

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, Annual Alliance Membership Data, 1815-1965 (ICPSR 5602)

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, Correlates of War Project: International and Civil War Data, 1816-1992 (ICPSR 9905)

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, Diplomatic Exchange Data, 1815-1970 (ICPSR 5026)

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, Diplomatic Missions Received by Each International System Member, 1817-1970 (ICPSR 5025)

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, National Material Capabilities Data, 1816-1985 (ICPSR 9903)

• Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small, Wages of War, 1816-1980: Augmented with Disputes and Civil War Data (ICPSR 9044)

• Singer, J. David, and Michael Wallace, Intergovernmental Organization Data, 1816-1964 (ICPSR 5520)

The Work of Quincy Wright

• Wright, Quincy, Study of War: Warlikeness and Other Characteristics of Primitive Peoples (ICPSR 5905)

Foundational Studies in Comparative Politics

The Work of Gabriel Almond

• Almond, Gabriel, and Sidney Verba, Civic Culture Study, 1959-1960 (ICPSR 7201)

The Work of James L Gibson

• Gibson, James L., and Raymond M. Duch, Panel Study of Political Values in the Former Soviet Union, 1990-1992 (ICPSR 6731)

• Gibson, James L., and Raymond M. Duch, Survey of Soviet Values, 1990 (ICPSR 6099)

• Gibson, James L., Raymond M. Duch, Gennady Denisovsky, Polina Kozyreva, and Michail Matskovsky, Cultural Democratization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): Moscow Oblast Survey, 1990 (ICPSR 9726)

The Work of Charles Tilly

• Tilly, Charles, Disturbances in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960: Intensive Sample (ICPSR 51)

• Tilly, Charles, Kent's Directories of Businesses in London, 1759-1828 (ICPSR 8422)

• Tilly, Charles, and David K. Jordan, Strikes and Labor Activity in France, 1830-1960 (ICPSR 8421)

• Tilly, Charles, and Lynn Lees, Analysis of Arrests in Paris, June 1848 (ICPSR 49)

• Tilly, Charles, and Nancy Horn, Contentious Gatherings in Britain, 1758-1834 (ICPSR 8872)

• Tilly, Charles, and Raul Zambrano, Violent Events in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960 (ICPSR 9080)

The Work of Sydney Verba

• Almond, Gabriel, and Sidney Verba, Civic Culture Study, 1959-1960 (ICPSR 7201)

The Work of Guillermo O'Donnell

• O'Donnell, Guillermo, Argentina Domestic Violence and Economic Data, 1955-1972 (ICPSR 5213)

The Work of Seymour Martin Lipset

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Brazil, 1964 (ICPSR 7044)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Colombia, 1964 (ICPSR 7056)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Mexico, 1962 (ICPSR 7059)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Panama, 1964 (ICPSR 7060)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Paraguay, 1966 (ICPSR 7061)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Puerto Rico, 1964 (ICPSR 7063)

• Lipset, Seymour Martin, University Students' Values, Vocations, and Political Orientations: Uruguay, 1966 (ICPSR 7064)