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TABLE 14.2 (continued) Empirical Applicability of the ICPP Conceptual Framework
 Concepts and Basic Variables
 No. of parties coded
 % of parties coded
Adequacy- Confidence in codes assigned
5.05

Secularization of Society

211
75
6.8
5.06

Support of the Military

200
71
6.3
5.07

Alignment with East/West Blocs

256
91
7.3
5.08

Anticolonialism

250
89
7.1
5.09

Supranational Integration

223
79
6.7
5.10

National Integration

230
82
6.4
5.11

Electoral Participation

233
83
6.6
5.12

Protection of Civil Rights

156
65
6.2
5.13

Interference with Civil Liberties

207
73
6.2

 

Means

223
0.79
6.6
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Goal Orientation

6.00

Open Competition

282
100
7.7
6.01

Advertising by mass media5

74
26
7
6.02

Advertising by signs, posters, etc.5

55
20
7.4
6.03

Promoting candidates by direct contact5

73
26
7.1
6.04

Holding public meetings and rallies5

78
28
7.6
6.05

Registering voters, transporting to poils5

65
23
6.8
6.10

Restricting Competition

282
100
7.6
6.11

Interfering with opposition advertising5

76
27
5.8
6.12

Harassing opposition party workers5

76
27
6.3
6.13

Harassing opposition candidates5

77
27
6.4
6.14

Harassing opposition voters5

80
28
6
6.15

Falsifying vote reports5

75
27
5.8
6.16

Coopting political opponents5

75
27
5.8
6.20

Subverting the System

282
100
7.7
6.21

Boycotting elections, destroying ballots5

79
28
6.8
6.22

Terrorizing the population5

78
28
6.3
6.23

Leading strikes and riots5

79
28
6.7
6.24

Sabotaging government facilities5

79
28
6.2
6.25

Attempting assassinations, coups5

77
27
6.5
6.26

Conducting guerrilla warfare5

77
27
6.7
6.31

Operating mass communications media

235
83
7
6.32

Operating party schools (political ed.)

182
65
6
6.33

Passing resolutions and platforms

208
74
6.7
6.34

Publishing position papers

203
72
6.3
6.41

Engaging in electoral agreements5

65
23
7.8
6.42

Engaging in legislative blocs5

65
23
7.2
6.43

Engaging in cabinet coalitions5

61
22
8.5
6.44

Supporting other presidential candidates5

31
11
6.9
6.51

Providing food, clothing, shelter

125
44
5
6.52

Running employment services

117
41
4.7
6.53

Interceding with government for members

131
46
5.2
6.54

Providing basic education

113
40
5.2
6.55

Providing recreational facilities

124
44
5.8

Means

190
0.67
6.6

5. Coding on these variables stopped early in the research proiect as it became clear that the research funds would run out before coding was completed. This accounts for the generally low numbers and percentages of parties coded. These values are excluded from the computation of the means for numbers and percentages of parties coded at the base of the columns.

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