Open AccessIntroducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset
Author(s) -
Charles Butcher,
Jessica Maves Braithwaite,
Jonathan Pinckney,
Eirin Haugseth,
Ingrid Vik Bakken,
Marius Wishman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of peace research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.781
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-3578
pISSN - 0022-3433
DOI - 10.1177/00223433211029512
Subject(s) - arc (geometry) , ideology , resistance (ecology) , politics , field (mathematics) , fragmentation (computing) , diversity (politics) , data science , key (lock) , computer security , public relations , political science , computer science , engineering , biology , ecology , law , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , operating system
We introduce the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset, which records information on 1,426 organizations that participated in events of maximalist violent and nonviolent contention in Africa from 1990 to 2015. The ARC dataset contains 17 variables covering organization-level features such as type, age, leadership, goals, and interorganizational alliances. These data facilitate new measurements of key concepts in the study of contentious politics, such as the social and ideological diversity of resistance episodes, in addition to measures of network centralization and fragmentation. The ARC dataset helps resolve existing debates in the field and opens new avenues of inquiry.