Why do people rebel? Grievances

Instructions

  • For the data, right-click, “save/download file as…”
  • Open the data
  • Complete all of the tasks associated with that data and keep track of your answers / images
  • Once you are done, go on Canvas and answer the questions related to the assignment
    • the Canvas assignment is timed; if you open it prior to completing the tasks you will run out of time

Skills used:

  • filtering data
  • counting categories, percents
  • summary statistics
  • grouped summary, statistic

My awkward Google Sheets video tutorials are here

Warning

You must complete all of the tasks here BEFORE opening the Canvas quiz; otherwise, you will run out of time!

Task 1: Manifestos

Pick two manifestos from the list below and skim them. The manifestos themselves can be found at this link. Please note some of these contain extremely offensive content. The people/groups included are:

  1. In two paragraphs, describe the following. How would you say these groups/people motivate and explain their actions? Do the two manifestos you picked do so similarly or in different ways? Include at least two quotes as examples. (5 points)

Task 2: Ethnic power relations

You’re going to work with data from the Ethnic Power Relations (EPR) dataset. The dataset contains information on politically relevant ethnic groups around the world for a select period of time.

Variable Description
statename Country
from Starting year for time period
to Ending year for time period
group Name of ethnic group
size Group size as a % of total population in that time period
status Access to state power in that time period
reg_aut Does group have regional autonomy in this period?
Note

These are the relevant variables in the dataset, the other ones you can ignore

Questions

Using the dataset, answer the following questions:

  1. Count the number of rows by status. What PERCENT of rows across the whole dataset are categorized as “powerless”? (1 point)

  1. Look through some of the groups that are categorized as “powerless” in the dataset. In your opinion, is being a group that is “powerless” enough to generate grievances? Or can a group be “powerless” and not be aggrieved? (2 points)

  2. Filter the data so you are only looking at Iraq between 1990 and 2003. What size (as a PERCENT) was the most powerful ethnic group in this country during this period? (1 point)

  1. Calculate the average ethnic group size, broken down by whether or not the group has regional autonomy. About how much smaller, on average, are groups with regional autonomy than groups without? Report as a percent point difference (e.g., 20% - 15% = 5%). (1 point)