Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB)

The MAROB Data Set

See also the MAROB Codebook

Overview

Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) is an open-source dataset covering political organizations representing the interests of ethnic groups whose political status and behavior is tracked by the Minorities at Risk project. MAROB gathers information on more than 163 variables for both violent and non-violent organizations, allowing for comparisons between the two. Currently, the dataset covers 112 organizations representing 22 ethnic groups in 12 countries of the Middle East and North Africa and operating between 1980 and 2004. Future MAROB data collection will extend to other regions, including Europe, South Asia and Latin America. An update of the Middle East and North Africa data through 2007 is also underway.

Characteristics of MAROB

• Data include annual information on the following categories of variables:
  • Organizational Characteristics (e.g., ideology, leadership, grievances)
  • Organization-State Relations (e.g., repression, negotiations)
  • External Support (e.g., foreign state, diaspora)
  • Organizational Behavior (e.g., electoral politics, protests, types of violence, targets of violence, location of violence, criminal activities)
• All MAROB data are collected from open source searches, including journalistic accounts, government reports, academic accounts and statements by the organizations themselves.
• The MAROB data (in ASCII, SPSS and STATA formats) and codebook are available here. Please direct any questions about the dataset or codebook to Mary Michael, the MAR Project Coordinator at minpro@cidcm.umd.edu.

The MAROB Story

The Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) dataset is a subsidiary of the Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project. Initiated in 2005, the purpose of this project is to answer fundamental questions focusing on the identification of those factors that influence behaviors of ethnically based organizations. MAROB is sponsored by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, both based at the University of Maryland.

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