The Security-Force Ethnicity (SFE) Project: Introducing a new dataset
Author ORCID Identifier
Ches Thurber:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-7589
Publication Title
Conflict Management and Peace Science
ISSN
07388942
E-ISSN
42898
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The ethnic composition of state security forces is believed to have important effects on the dynamics of conflict processes, but data limitations have impeded our ability to test such hypotheses cross-nationally until now. To address this problem, the Security Force Ethnicity dataset provides time-series, group-level measures of the ethnic composition of military forces in the Middle East between 1946 and 2013. We draw on an extensive review of case studies and histories to produce unique ordinal codings for participation rates in the officer corps and in the rank and file. We demonstrate the utility of the data through empirical applications, examining the relationship between military ethnic composition and the incidence of coups and repression. Our findings illustrate the theoretical and empirical importance of disaggregating ethnic representation in the military from inclusion in other institutions of the state.
First Page
106
Last Page
129
Publication Date
1-1-2020
DOI
10.1177/0738894217709012
Keywords
Coup-proofing, dataset, ethnic stacking, ethnicity, military, repression
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Paul Lorenzo and Thurber, Ches, "The Security-Force Ethnicity (SFE) Project: Introducing a new dataset" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 425.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niubib/425
Department
Department of Political Science
