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Kassem, F. S. (2020, April 20). Party Variation in Religiosity and Womens Leadership Arab Countries Dataset.
Summary
These data were collected for a study of how the characteristics of political parties influence women's chances in assuming leadership positions within the parties' inner structures. Data were compiled by Fatima Sbaity Kassem for a case-study of Lebanon and by national and local researchers for 25 other countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. The researchers collected raw data on women in politics from party administrators and government officials. Researchers gathered information about parties' year of origin, number of seats in parliament, political platform, and all gender-disaggregated party data (in percentages) on overall party membership, shares in executive and decision-making bodies, and nominations on electoral lists. A key variable measures party religiosity, which refers to the religious components on their political platforms or the extent to which religion penetrates their political agendas.
Only parties that have at least one seat in any of the last three parliaments were included. These are referred to as 'relevant' parties. The four data sets combined cover 330 political parties in Lebanon plus 12 other Arab countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Yemen), seven non-Arab Muslim-majority countries (Albania, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Indonesia, Senegal, and Turkey), five European countries with dominant Christian democratic parties (Austria, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands), and Israel.
Data File
Cases: 163
Variables: 19
Weight Variable: None
Data Collection
Date Collected: January 2008 through December 2010
Funded By
Fatima Sbaity Kassem
Collection Procedures
Data were collected in person and via one-on-one interviews with party administrators, officials, and elites.
Sampling Procedures
This study covered 26 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe which: (1) have comparable ranking on democracy in Polity IV; (2) hold periodic elections; and (3) allow parties to form and compete. Countries in the Arab and non-Arab Muslim-majority data sets are those with more than 50 percent Muslim populations. The five European countries are the Kalyvas set that have dominant Christian democratic parties. Israel is the only country with Jewish political parties. Only the countries that hold periodic elections and allow parties to form in the Arab and non-Arab Muslim-majority (more than 50 percent of population) are covered in the datasets. Within these countries and guided by Sartori, only "relevant" political parties are covered; i.e. those that occupy at least one seat in any of the last three parliaments in the countries in question.
Principal Investigators
Fatima Sbaity Kassem
Research assistants: Mona Fadhel (Bahrain), Fatouma Hadji Djaffar (Comoros), Amina Said Chire (Djibouti), Nahed Nassr (Egypt), Raedah Farahat (Jordan), Lubna Al-Kazi (Kuwait), Ely Cheikh Ould Aghailass (Mauritania), Idriss Lagrini (Morocco), Mohamed Saadi (Morocco), Mohamed El-Ghali (Morocco), Sabah Ikhmayees (Palestine), Boutheina Gribaa (Tunisia), Rashida Hamadani (Yemen), Jeta Katro (Albania), Hamid Awaludin (Indonesia), Ihsan Ali Fauzi (Indonesia), Selly Ba (Senegal), Penda Mbow (Senegal), Serpil Cakir (Turkey), Alten Ayken (Turkey), Zakir Hossain (Bangladesh), Mirjana Penava (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Palwasha Hassan (Afghanistan), Ulrike Felber (Austria), Olaf Boehnke (Germany), Marina Adrianopoli (Italy), Michele Pecora (Italy), Christian DeClercq (Belgium), Mirte Postma (Netherlands), Hanna Lerner (Israel), Noa On (Israel)
Party identification
ALGERIA
ALG01 National Liberation Front ALG02 National Rally for Democracy ALG03 El-Islah (MRN/MI) ALG04 HAMAS ALG05 Workers' Party (PT) ALG06 National Front (FNA) ALG07 El-Nahda ALG08 Renewal (PRA) ALG09 National Entente (MEN) ALG10 Front of Socialist Forces ALG11 Rally for Culture & Democracy ALG13 Movement for Democracy in Algeria (MDA) ALG13 Arouch Citizens ALG14 Islamic Salvation (FIS)
BAHRAIN
BAH01 National Democratic Action Society (Wa'd ) BAH02 National Conciliation (Alwefaq ) BAH03 National Democratic Rally BAH04 Islamic Action Society BAH05 Democratic Progressive Tribune BAH06 Arab Islamic Center BAH07 National Islamic Forum BAH08 Islamic Fundamentalist Al-Asalah BAH09 Islamic Shoura BAH10 Constitution Al-Meethaq BAH11 National Democratic Solidarity BAH12 National Free Thought BAH13 National Constitutional Solidarity BAH14 National Brotherhood BAH15 Islamic Line BAH16 Islamic Alliance Rabitah BAH17 National Justice Movement BAH18 National Dialogue
COMOROS
COM01 Convention for Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) COM02 Camp of the Autonomous Islands COM03 Anjouan Popular Movement COM04 Comoros Party for Democracy & Progress COM05 Democratic Front COM06 Forces for Republican Action COM07 Forum for National Redress COM08 Movement for Citizens of the Republic COM09 National Front for Justice COM10 Movement for Socialism and Democracy COM11 National Rally for Development COM12 Conservative (UDC ) COM13 Green (PV )
DJIBOUTI
DJB01 People's Rally for Progress DJB02 Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy DJB03 National Democratic Party (PND ) DJB04 Social Democratic People's Party (PSD ) DJB05 Union of Reform Partisans (UPR )
EGYPT
EGY01 Egypt 2000 EGY02 Egypt Youth EGY03 Democratic Generation EGY04 Egypt Labor Party EGY05 Democratic Peace Party EGY06 Democratic Front Party EGY07 Social Justice Party EGY08 National Democratic Party EGY09 Free Republican EGY10 Constitutional Party EGY11 Egypt Arab Social Party EGY12 UMMA Party EGY13 People's Democratic Party EGY14 National Conciliation Party EGY15 Tomorrow Party EGY16 Arab Democratic Nasserite Party EGY17 Democratic Unionist Party EGY18 Liberal Socialist Party EGY19 Progressive National Unionist EGY20 GREENS EGY21 New WAFD EGY22 Conservative Party EGY23 Solidarity Party EGY24 Young Women Egypt EGY25 Muslim Brotherhood
JORDAN
JOR01 National Constitutional Party (NCP ) JOR02 Jordanian Life (JLP ) JOR03 National Direct Democratic (NDDM ) JOR04 Jordanian National Party JOR05 Democratic Popular Unity JOR06 Arab Baath Progressive JOR07 J. Arab Baath Socialist JOR08 Message Party JOR09 Communist of Jordan JOR10 Jordanian Democratic Unity Front JOR11 Prayer Dua'a Party JOR12 People's Democratic (HASHD ) JOR13 Muslim Center Party JOR14 Islamic Action Front
KUWAIT
KWI01 Salafi Movement KWI02 Islamic Constitutional Movement (Hadas) KWI03 Shi'ites Movement KWI04 Popular Coalition KWI05 Democratic Forum KWI06 Democratic Alliance
MAURITANIA
MAU01 Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal MAU02 ADEL MAU03 Rally for Democracy and Unity (RDU ) MAU04 Popular Union Progress (APP ) MAU05 Tawassoul MAU06 Union of Progress Forces (UFP )
MOROCCO
MOR01 Socialist Union of Popular Forces MOR02 Independence Party MOR03 Party of Progress and Socialism MOR04 Democratic Forces Front MOR05 People's Movement MOR06 National Rally of Independents MOR07 Constitutional Union MOR08 National Democratic Party MOR09 Justice and Development Party MOR10 Democratic Socialist MOR11 Environment and Development Party MOR12 Moroccan Liberal Party MOR13 Covenant Party (Al'Ahd ) MOR14 Unified Socialist Left MOR15 National People's Movement
PALESTINE
PAL01 Palestinian People's Party PAL02 Palestinian Liberation (PLO) (Fatah ) PAL03 Arab Liberation Front PAL04 Islamic Resistance (Hamas) PAL05 Palestinian National Initiative PAL06 Third Way PAL07 Democratic Front for Liberation PAL08 Popular Front for Liberation PAL09 Freedom and Independence PAL10 National Alliance for Justice & Democracy PAL11 Freedom and Social Justice Party PAL12 Palestinian Justice Party
TUNISIA
TUN01 Democratic Constitutional Rally TUN02 Democratic Union TUN03 Renewal Ettajdid Movement TUN04 Socialist Democrats TUN05 Popular Union Party TUN06 Liberal Social Party TUN07 Progressive Green Party TUN08 Democratic Progressive TUN09 Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedom
YEMEN
YEM01 General People's Congress YEM02 Yemeni Socialist Party YEM03 Congregation for Reform YEM04 Nasserite People's Organisation
