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Description & Citation--Study No. 5512

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5512
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05512
 
Title:United Nations Roll Call Data, 1946-1985
 
Principal Investigator(s):Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
 
Series:United Nations Roll Call Data Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. UNITED NATIONS ROLL CALL DATA, 1946-1985 [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1982.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This collection consists of roll calls voted upon in the United Nations. It includes votes of the General Assembly, five additional special sessions and selected committees. It is a composite of political debate and world opinion of the post-1945 international community. The collection provides for the analysis over time of world opinion on issues and concerns raised by members of the international community, while also allowing for the study of the dynamics through which alliances and factions are formed within and between nations of the world.
 
Subject Term(s):historical data, international organizations, legislative bodies, political debate, political history, post-World War II, roll call data, roll call voting records, twentieth century, United Nations, voting behavior, world politics
 
Geographic Coverage:Global
 
Time Period:1946 - 1985
 
Data Type:roll call voting data
 
Data Collection Notes:Roll calls for the 30th through 40th Plenary Sessions reflect the Singer-Small National Number coding scheme described in Melvin Small and J. David Singer. ''Resort to Arms.'' Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage Publications, 1982. SPSS control card files are available for Sessions 33-40.
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: 1st-26th Sessions, Plenary Meetings of the GeneralAssembly
  • DS2: 1st-26th Sessions, Plenary Meetings Special Sessions
  • DS3: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Political and SecurityQuestions
  • DS4: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Economic and FinancialQuestions
  • DS5: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Questions
  • DS6: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Trusteeship Territories
  • DS7: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Administration andBudgetary Questions
  • DS8: 1st-26th Sessions, Committee on Legal Questions
  • DS9: 1st-26th Sessions, Special Political Committee
  • DS10: 27th Session, Plenary and Committees
  • DS11: 28th Session, Plenary and Committees
  • DS12: 29th Session, Plenary and Committees
  • DS13: 33rd Plenary Session
  • DS14: 34th Plenary Session
  • DS15: 35th Plenary Session
  • DS16: 36th Plenary Session
  • DS17: 30th Plenary Session
  • DS18: 31st Plenary Session
  • DS19: 32nd Plenary Session
  • DS20: 37th Plenary Session
  • DS21: 38th Plenary Session
  • DS22: 39th Plenary Session
  • DS23: 40th Plenary Session