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The information will be presented by country and by government. The basic format is as follows: cases represent governments (= rows) and variables represent data on and within each government (= columns) Party names follow the Mackie/Rose coding, names of individuals are spelled according to the original language and sex will be indicated (by means of an asterisk=* for female Ministers). The structure of the tables for each country is as follows:1
Gov = Number of government
Begin = Date of investiture of government
End = Date of termination of government
Dur = Duration of government in days
RfT = Reason for termination of government
ToG = Type of government
Py = Government party, seats in parliament
CPG = Political complexion of parliament and government
NoM = Number of ministers in government (only full cabinet members, no Ministers of State, Junior Ministers etc. unless stated otherwise)
Prime Minister (py) = self explanatory (party)
Deputy PM = Deputy Prime Minister
Py = Party of minister(s)
Foreign Affairs = self explanatory
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Woldendorp, J., Keman, H., Budge, I. (1993). Glossary of Format of Data Set and Structure of Presentation. In: Woldendorp, J., Keman, H., Budge, I. (eds) Handbook of Democratic Government. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1894-1_4
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