Dynamics of Ethnic Collective Action in South Africa, 1970-1984

This dataset contains characteristics of protest events that occurred in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal area of South Africa between 1970 and 1984. It consists of files representing regional and city-level data. Event characteristics include dates and duration, type of event (for example, boycott, strike, riot, spontaneous meeting), principal actors and their composition or group affiliation, extent of civilian and security force involvement, number of victims, level of violence, and estimated extent of property damage. Contextual variables include racial and ethnic composition as well as social and economic indicators such as unemployment, education completion, and immigration.