Political Terror Scale, 1980-2004
A scale of 1-5 measuring government terror or the level of citizens’ fear of government persecution.
Good for: Measuring levels of political violence.
Geographic coverage: 208 countries plus regions and groupings based on income and indebtedness.
Time period: 1980-2004
Documentation: Discussion of the scale, Scale notes.
Citation: Gibney, Mark. 2004. Political Terror Scale, 1980-2004. Machine-readable data set. http://www.unca.edu/politicalscience/images/Colloquium/faculty-staff/gibney.html
Outputs: One Excel table.