The Statehood Index "StIx": Measurement Instrument and Analysis of Stateness

状态指数“StIx”：状态测量工具和分析

• 批准号: 459600882
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft und Systemlehre
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/459600882?language=en
• 关键词: Statehood; Index; StIx; Measurement; Instrument

State and Stateness are central objects of analysis in the political sciences. Indices for the measurements of stateness have simultaneously gained importance, since the scientific community increasingly uses indicators to quantify stateness and to differentiate between types of state fragility. However, quantitative research based on aggregated measurements only sparsely pays attention to the quality of the data and the fit between concept and methodological implementation. The research project "The StIx Stateness Index: Measurement Instrument and Analysis" aims to close this research gap. The three-dimensional institutional medium-range concept of the state is based on the monopoly on the law, violence and administration. The monopoly of law, which has not been taken into account in existing indices, is crucial for both concept and measurement of StIx. In addition, the inclusion of informal institutions in conception and measurement addresses a research gap that has been theoretically captured but not yet adequately developed methodologically.Based on the “Varieties of Democracy” dataset, the new index “StIx” encompasses a timeframe from 1900 to 2020 and includes more than 200 states, exceeding existent indices both in terms of case numbers and measurement dates and addresses the measurement-specific challenges in a conceptually and theoretically coherent, methodologically rigorous and transparent manner. Furthermore, StIx provides data suited for long-term analysis, e.g. to explore the causes and consequences of divergent forms of statehood in relation to the time component, or to differentiate between phases of institutional stability and phases of transformation.In addition, a goal of the project is to provide a homepage with tools for online analysis, including conceptual and methodological information and codebook, as well as offering the generated data to ensure free usability. This enables further research as well as commitment to socio-political issues - as in development cooperation. After the compilation of the data and scores, the data´s usability is demonstrated by analysing selected questions with the new index: identifying diminished subtypes of stateness, patterns of state transformations and stability and analysis of the state-regime-nexus.

国家和国家性是政治学分析的中心对象。衡量国家状况的指数同时也变得越来越重要，因为科学界越来越多地使用指标来量化国家状况和区分国家脆弱性的类型。然而，定量研究的基础上汇总的测量只有很少注意到数据的质量和概念和方法的实施之间的配合。研究项目“StIx状态指数：测量工具和分析”旨在弥补这一研究差距。国家的三维制度性中程概念是建立在对法律、暴力和行政的垄断之上的。现有指数中没有考虑到法律的垄断性，这对StIX的概念和衡量都至关重要。此外，将非正式制度纳入概念和测量范围，解决了一个理论上已经被抓住但在方法上尚未得到充分发展的研究空白。基于“民主多样性”数据集，新指数“StIx”涵盖了1900年至2020年的时间框架，包括200多个州，在案件数量和衡量日期方面均超过现有指数，并以概念和理论连贯一致、方法严谨和透明的方式应对衡量方面的具体挑战。此外，StIx还提供适合长期分析的数据，例如，从时间方面探讨不同形式的国家的原因和后果，或区分体制稳定阶段和转型阶段，此外，该项目的一个目标是提供一个主页，提供在线分析工具，包括概念和方法信息以及密码本，以及提供生成的数据以确保免费可用性。这使得能够进一步研究和致力于社会政治问题-如发展合作。在汇编数据和分数之后，通过用新的指数分析选定的问题来证明数据的可用性：确定国家状态的减少亚型、国家转变和稳定性的模式以及国家-政权-关系的分析。