Political & Policy Taxonomy

Complete event type and subtype reference for Political & Policy

Political & Policy

Category ID: political Icon: landmark Color: #2563EB

This category contains 8 event types and 40 subtypes for tracking political & policy events.

Special Fields

This category includes the following specialized metadata fields:

Field	Type	Required	Options
political_domain	string	Yes	6 values (see below)
government_level	string	No	4 values (see below)
actors	array	No
legislation_id	string	No

Political Domain

Field ID: political_domain
Type: string
Required: Yes

Allowed values:

• Domestic policy
• Foreign policy
• Electoral
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Diplomatic

Government Level

Field ID: government_level
Type: string
Required: No

Allowed values:

• Local
• Regional
• National
• International

Actors

Field ID: actors
Type: array
Required: No

Legislation Id

Field ID: legislation_id
Type: string
Required: No

Event Type Hierarchy

The Political & Policy category includes the following complete hierarchy:

Election

Type ID: election
Subtypes: 5

• National Election (national_election)
• Regional Local Election (regional_local_election)
• Referendum (referendum)
• Election Irregularity (election_irregularity)
• Election Result Announcement (election_result_announcement)

Legislation

Type ID: legislation
Subtypes: 5

• Bill Introduced (bill_introduced)
• Bill Passed (bill_passed)
• Bill Vetoed (bill_vetoed)
• Executive Order (executive_order)
• Constitutional Amendment (constitutional_amendment)

Diplomatic Event

Type ID: diplomatic_event
Subtypes: 6

• Treaty Signed (treaty_signed)
• Treaty Withdrawn (treaty_withdrawn)
• Diplomatic Recognition (diplomatic_recognition)
• Diplomatic Expulsion (diplomatic_expulsion)
• Sanctions Imposed (sanctions_imposed)
• Sanctions Lifted (sanctions_lifted)

Regime Change

Type ID: regime_change
Subtypes: 4

• Coup Attempt (coup_attempt)
• Peaceful Transition (peaceful_transition)
• Government Dissolution (government_dissolution)
• State Of Emergency Declared (state_of_emergency_declared)

Policy Announcement

Type ID: policy_announcement
Subtypes: 5

• Economic Policy (economic_policy)
• Security Policy (security_policy)
• Social Policy (social_policy)
• Trade Policy (trade_policy)
• Immigration Policy (immigration_policy)

International Organization

Type ID: international_organization
Subtypes: 4

• Un Resolution (un_resolution)
• Multilateral Summit (multilateral_summit)
• Membership Change (membership_change)
• Peacekeeping Deployment (peacekeeping_deployment)

Political Realignment

Type ID: political_realignment
Subtypes: 5

• Party Switch (party_switch)
• Coalition Formation (coalition_formation)
• Coalition Collapse (coalition_collapse)
• Party Merger (party_merger)
• Party Split (party_split)

Judicial Action

Type ID: judicial_action
Subtypes: 6

• Court Ruling (court_ruling)
• Judicial Review (judicial_review)
• Constitutional Challenge (constitutional_challenge)
• Impeachment Proceeding (impeachment_proceeding)
• Judicial Appointment Confirmed (judicial_appointment_confirmed)
• Judicial Misconduct (judicial_misconduct)

Example API Queries

Get all Political & Policy events

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={"event_category": "political"}
)
events = response.json()

Get Election events

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={
        "event_category": "political",
        "event_type": "election"
    }
)

Conceptual Guidance

Political events are organized by domain:

• Electoral: Elections and referendums
• Legislative: Bills, laws, and constitutional changes
• Diplomatic: International relations and treaties
• Judicial: Court rulings and legal challenges

Use government_level to filter by scope (Local → International).

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