Sub-state Autonomy Scale (SAS)https://doi.org/10.34934/DVN/LSXXZVNiessen, ChristophSocial Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA2022-02-142022-04-28T12:32:05ZThis dataset comprises the data collected for the Sub-state Autonomy Scale (SAS). The SAS is an indicator measuring the autonomy demands and statutes of sub-state communities <i>in kind</i> (whether competences are administrative or legislative), <i>in degree</i> (how much each dimension is present) and <i>by competences</i> (as a function of the extent of comprised policy domains).<br> <br> <b>Definitions:</b><br> -By 'sub-state community', I refer to sub-state entities within countries for which autonomous institutions have been demanded by a significant regionalist or traditional (centrist, liberal or socialist main-stream) political party (>5%) or to which autonomous institutions have been conferred.<br> -By 'autonomy statutes', I refer to the legal autonomy prerogatives obtained by sub-state communities.<br> -For 'autonomy demands', I distinguish between the legal autonomy prerogatives demanded by the <i>regionalist party</i> with the highest vote share and those demanded by the <i>traditional party</i> with the largest autonomy demand.<br> <br> <b>Detailed conceptual presentation:</b> see the <i>Regional Studies</i> article cited below (the open access author version can be found in the files section).<br> <br> <b>Specifications:</b><br> -Unit of analysis: sub-state communities by yearly intervals.<br> -Country coverage: Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom (31 sub-state communities).<br> -Time coverage: 1707-2020 (starting dates vary across sub-state communities).<br> *For the full list of sub-state communities and their respective time coverage, see the codebook.<br> <br> <b>Citation and acknowledgement:</b> when using the data, please cite the <i>Regional Studies</i> article listed below.<br> <br> <b>Latest version:</b> 1.0 [01.02.2022].Social SciencesDecentralizationAutonomySub-state mobilizationSub-state restructuringIndicatorDatabaseEnglishNiessen, C. (2022). Measuring evolving regional autonomy demands and statutes: introducing the Sub-state Autonomy Scale (SAS). <i>Regional Studies</i>, online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2056157.Niessen, Christoph2022-01-31NONE<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a> (CC-BY).