Western Democracies in the UN

Dr. Nicolas Scharioth

doi:10.5771/9783845222844

Summary

Der Autor wählt einen innovativen quantitativen Ansatz zur Frage der Machtverteilung zwischen Staaten. Die Vorhersagekraft unterschiedlicher Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen wird dabei anhand des Erfolgs und Misserfolgs 21 westlicher Staaten in kompetitiven Wahlen innerhalb der Vereinten Nationen für den Zeitraum zwischen 1990 und 2006 statistisch analysiert. Die hieraus hervorgehende Panelanalyse ergibt, dass eine auf militärischer und wirtschaftlicher Macht basierende neorealistische Faktorvariable die zu beobachtende Varianz am besten zu erklären vermag. Auch dem Amtsbonuseffekt lässt sich eine wichtige Rolle zuweisen.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5374-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2284-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: The United Nations and Global Change
Volume: 3
Language: English
Pages: 151
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 4
Preface No access Pages 5 - 6
Table of Contents No access Pages 7 - 9
Overview of Tables and Graphs No access Pages 10 - 10
Summary No access Pages 11 - 14
Introduction No access Pages 15 - 18
1. 1. Neorealist hypothesis No access Pages 19 - 21
  2. Institutionalist hypothesis No access Pages 21 - 24
  3. Liberal hypothesis No access Pages 24 - 26
2. Dealing with problems in measuring power No access Pages 26 - 29
3. Other attempts at classifying power No access Pages 29 - 35
4. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 35 - 36
1. 1. Assuming internal benefits of organisation membership No access Pages 37 - 39
  2. Presence of state agency and interest No access Pages 39 - 42
  3. Sufficiently transparent decision-making procedures No access Pages 42 - 44
  4. The sufficient data requirement No access Pages 44 - 45
2. 1. Elections by the General Assembly No access Pages 45 - 47
  2. Elections by the Economic and Social Council No access Pages 47 - 50
  3. Number of committees and seats No access Pages 50 - 52
  4. The Regional Groups within the UN No access Pages 52 - 54
3. 1. Qualitative Questionnaire No access
4. Recording committee memberships No access Pages 60 - 66
5. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 66 - 68
1. 1. Territory No access Pages 69 - 71
  2. Population No access Pages 71 - 72
  3. Natural resources No access Pages 72 - 72
  4. Economic means No access Pages 72 - 73
  5. Total Government Spending No access Pages 73 - 74
  6. Government spending on international politics No access Pages 74 - 75
  7. Military means No access Pages 75 - 76
  8. Expenditure on the Foreign Service No access Pages 76 - 78
2. 1. Expenditure on membership in international organisations No access Pages 78 - 80
  2. Contributions to the United Nations regular budget No access Pages 80 - 81
  3. Size of a state’s representation at the UN headquarters in NY No access Pages 81 - 83
  4. Development Aid No access Pages 83 - 84
  5. Asymmetric trade relationships No access Pages 84 - 85
3. 1. Public Opinion No access Pages 85 - 87
  2. Perceptions of Freedom No access Pages 87 - 88
  3. Perceptions of Standard of Living No access Pages 88 - 90
  4. Linguistic and cultural similarities No access Pages 90 - 90
  5. Public Diplomacy No access Pages 90 - 91
4. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 91 - 92
1. Degree of Linearity of the Independent Variables No access Pages 93 - 97
2. 1. Results of the Factor Analysis No access Pages 97 - 100
  2. The Neorealist Factor No access Pages 100 - 101
  3. The Institutionalist Factor No access Pages 101 - 102
  4. The Liberal Factor No access Pages 102 - 104
3. 1. Testing for stationarity No access Pages 104 - 107
  2. Testing for cointegration No access Pages 107 - 107
  3. Error-correction to deal with non-stationarity No access Pages 107 - 111
4. 1. Consistent and efficient estimation No access Pages 111 - 112
  2. Testing for specification and autocorrelation No access Pages 112 - 114
5. 1. Finding the right specification No access Pages 114 - 117
  2. Outlier analysis No access Pages 117 - 120
  3. 1. Multicollinearity No access
    2. Residual plot No access
    3. Normality Assumption No access
6. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 122 - 124
1. Regression results No access Pages 125 - 128
2. 1. 1. Analysis with Added short-term Neorealist Variable No access
    2. Analysis with Added short-term Institutionalist Variable No access
    3. Analysis with Added Liberal Variables No access
  2. Sensitivity Analysis with Outlier Cases No access Pages 133 - 134
  3. Summary of the Sensitivity Analyses No access Pages 134 - 134
3. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 134 - 136
Summary and Conclusion No access Pages 137 - 142
Bibliography No access Pages 143 - 148
Data Sources No access Pages 149 - 150
Note on Statistical Data Appendix No access Pages 151 - 151