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Introducing ACLED: an armed conflict location and event dataset
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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:27 authored by Clionadh RaleighClionadh Raleigh, Andrew Linke, Håvard Hegre, Joakim KarlsenThis article presents ACLED, an Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset. ACLED codes the actions of rebels, governments,and militias within unstable states, specifying the exact location and date of battle events, transfers of military control, headquarter establishment, civilian violence, and rioting. In the current version, the dataset covers 50 unstable countries from 1997 through 2010. ACLED’s disaggregation of civil war and transnational violent events allow for research on local level factors and the dynamics of civil and communal conflict. Findings from subnational conflict research challenges conclusions from larger national-level studies. In a brief descriptive analysis, the authors find that, on average, conflict covers 15% of a state’s territory, but almost half of a state can be directly affected by internal wars.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Journal of Peace ResearchISSN
2251-0036Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
Issue
5Volume
47Page range
651-660Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
Full text available
- No
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- Yes