miltary coups and politics in sub-Saharan Africa Description Data is a subset of a larger study on factors affecting regime stability in Sub-Saharan Africa Usage data(africa) Format A data frame with 47 observations on the following 9 variables. miltcoup(esta es la variable respuesta) number of successful military coups from independence to 1989 oligarchy number years country ruled by military oligarchy from independence to 1989 pollib Political liberalization - 0 = no civil rights for political expression, 1 = limited civil rights for expression but right to form political parties, 2 = full civil rights parties Number of legal political parties in 1993 pctvote Percent voting in last election popn Population in millions in 1989 size Area in 1000 square km numelec Total number of legislative and presidential elections numregim Number of regime types Source Bratton, Michael, and Nicholas Van De Walle. 1997. ``Political Regimes and Regime Transitions in Africa, 1910-1994.'' Study Number I06996. Ann Arbor: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. miltcoup oligarchy pollib parties pctvote popn size numelec numregim Angola 0 0 2 38 NA 9.700 1247.0 0 1 Benin 5 7 1 34 45.68 4.600 113.0 8 3 Botswana 0 0 NA 7 20.30 1.200 582.0 5 1 Burkina 6 13 2 62 17.50 8.800 274.0 5 3 Burundi 2 13 2 10 34.39 5.300 28.0 3 3 Cameroon 0 0 2 34 30.30 11.600 475.0 14 3 Capeverde 1 0 2 5 30.46 0.361 4.0 2 1 CAR 3 14 2 14 16.20 3.000 623.0 6 4 Chad 1 15 2 27 44.16 5.500 1284.0 4 3 Comoros 2 0 2 4 52.00 0.458 2.0 6 2 Congo 3 2 2 27 40.80 2.200 342.0 10 4 CotedIvoi 0 0 2 37 12.18 11.700 322.0 12 2 Djibouti 0 0 1 2 24.18 0.411 23.0 4 2 Eqguinea 1 8 2 21 16.67 0.407 28.0 4 4 Ethiopia 1 10 2 17 28.95 49.500 1222.0 6 3 Gabon 1 0 2 15 77.40 1.100 268.0 12 2 Gambia 0 0 NA 5 25.09 0.849 11.0 7 1 Ghana 5 17 1 22 16.86 14.400 239.0 6 3 Guinea 1 6 2 19 53.76 5.600 246.0 9 3 GuineaBis 1 0 2 12 11.66 0.960 36.0 0 1 Kenya 0 0 2 13 10.04 23.500 580.0 6 3 Lesotho 1 4 1 10 0.00 1.700 30.0 1 4 Liberia 1 5 0 14 23.64 2.500 111.0 12 3 Madagasca 2 1 1 19 37.80 11.300 587.0 12 4 Malawi 0 0 2 8 40.22 8.200 118.0 4 2 Mali 1 11 1 10 45.29 8.200 1240.0 7 3 Mauritani 4 11 2 10 NA 1.900 1026.0 8 2 Mauritius 0 0 NA 10 54.30 1.100 2.0 4 1 Mozambiqu 0 0 2 15 NA 15.300 802.0 0 1 Namibia 0 0 2 11 26.00 1.700 824.0 1 1 Niger 1 15 2 12 44.86 7.400 1267.0 5 4 Nigeria 6 18 1 2 28.36 113.800 924.0 5 2 Rwanda 1 2 1 15 41.46 6.900 26.0 10 4 Saotome 0 0 2 6 NA 0.120 1.0 0 2 Senegal 0 0 NA 17 16.05 7.200 197.0 13 2 Seychelle 1 0 2 9 43.04 0.067 0.5 6 2 Sierraleo 2 1 2 13 72.06 4.000 72.0 8 3 Somalia 1 10 2 17 65.00 6.100 638.0 5 4 S.Africa 0 0 2 33 7.46 35.000 1221.0 8 1 Sudan 5 7 0 16 18.90 24.500 2506.0 11 3 Swaziland 0 0 1 6 19.36 0.761 17.0 1 2 Tanzania 0 0 2 13 24.49 23.800 945.0 10 2 Togo 2 9 2 19 34.13 3.500 57.0 8 4 Uganda 3 9 1 0 NA 16.800 236.0 3 3 Zaire 2 1 2 12 NA 34.500 2345.0 8 3 Zambia 0 0 2 13 20.75 7.800 753.0 11 2 Zimbabwe 0 0 NA 15 35.38 9.500 391.0 1 2