This paper provides an introduction to the approach and findings of ESID's 'defining and measuring political settlements' programme.
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Over the past three years ESID's 'Defining and Measuring Political Settlements' project has devised a system for coding and measuring political settlements based on the relative strength and social composition of the de facto political leader's support coalition. This, introductory, panel paper provides an overview of the project and a brief preview of the findings of a 42 country survey, of which a subset was chosen for a QCA.