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UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset Codebook

Abstract: 
Explanation of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)'s Armed Conflict Database. Armed conflict is defined as "contested incompatibility [concerning] government and/or territory [using] armed force...[resulting] in at least 25 battle related deaths." Datasets include actors, supporting actors, inter and intrastate conflict, and peace agreements.
Author: 
Lotta Themnér
Institution: 
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and Center for the Study of Civil Wars - International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
Year: 
2012
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