Western Democracies in the UN: Who Gets Elected and Why - A Quantitative Examination of Elections to United Nations Councils and Committees

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

Edition: 1/2010
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 Nicolas Scharioth
Preface No access Pages 5 - 6 Nicolas Scharioth
Table of Contents No access Pages 7 - 9 Nicolas Scharioth
Overview of Tables and Graphs No access Pages 10 - 10 Nicolas Scharioth
Summary No access Pages 11 - 14 Nicolas Scharioth
Introduction No access Pages 15 - 18 Nicolas Scharioth
1. 1. Neorealist hypothesis No access Pages 19 - 21 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Institutionalist hypothesis No access Pages 21 - 24 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Liberal hypothesis No access Pages 24 - 26 Nicolas Scharioth
2. Dealing with problems in measuring power No access Pages 26 - 29 Nicolas Scharioth
3. Other attempts at classifying power No access Pages 29 - 35 Nicolas Scharioth
4. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 35 - 36 Nicolas Scharioth
1. 1. Assuming internal benefits of organisation membership No access Pages 37 - 39 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Presence of state agency and interest No access Pages 39 - 42 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Sufficiently transparent decision-making procedures No access Pages 42 - 44 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. The sufficient data requirement No access Pages 44 - 45 Nicolas Scharioth
2. 1. Elections by the General Assembly No access Pages 45 - 47 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Elections by the Economic and Social Council No access Pages 47 - 50 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Number of committees and seats No access Pages 50 - 52 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. The Regional Groups within the UN No access Pages 52 - 54 Nicolas Scharioth
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  1. Qualitative Questionnaire No access Nicolas Scharioth
4. Recording committee memberships No access Pages 60 - 66 Nicolas Scharioth
5. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 66 - 68 Nicolas Scharioth
1. 1. Territory No access Pages 69 - 71 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Population No access Pages 71 - 72 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Natural resources No access Pages 72 - 72 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. Economic means No access Pages 72 - 73 Nicolas Scharioth
  5. Total Government Spending No access Pages 73 - 74 Nicolas Scharioth
  6. Government spending on international politics No access Pages 74 - 75 Nicolas Scharioth
  7. Military means No access Pages 75 - 76 Nicolas Scharioth
  8. Expenditure on the Foreign Service No access Pages 76 - 78 Nicolas Scharioth
2. 1. Expenditure on membership in international organisations No access Pages 78 - 80 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Contributions to the United Nations regular budget No access Pages 80 - 81 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Size of a state’s representation at the UN headquarters in NY No access Pages 81 - 83 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. Development Aid No access Pages 83 - 84 Nicolas Scharioth
  5. Asymmetric trade relationships No access Pages 84 - 85 Nicolas Scharioth
3. 1. Public Opinion No access Pages 85 - 87 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Perceptions of Freedom No access Pages 87 - 88 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Perceptions of Standard of Living No access Pages 88 - 90 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. Linguistic and cultural similarities No access Pages 90 - 90 Nicolas Scharioth
  5. Public Diplomacy No access Pages 90 - 91 Nicolas Scharioth
4. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 91 - 92 Nicolas Scharioth
1. Degree of Linearity of the Independent Variables No access Pages 93 - 97 Nicolas Scharioth
2. 1. Results of the Factor Analysis No access Pages 97 - 100 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. The Neorealist Factor No access Pages 100 - 101 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. The Institutionalist Factor No access Pages 101 - 102 Nicolas Scharioth
  4. The Liberal Factor No access Pages 102 - 104 Nicolas Scharioth
3. 1. Testing for stationarity No access Pages 104 - 107 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Testing for cointegration No access Pages 107 - 107 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Error-correction to deal with non-stationarity No access Pages 107 - 111 Nicolas Scharioth
4. 1. Consistent and efficient estimation No access Pages 111 - 112 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Testing for specification and autocorrelation No access Pages 112 - 114 Nicolas Scharioth
5. 1. Finding the right specification No access Pages 114 - 117 Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Outlier analysis No access Pages 117 - 120 Nicolas Scharioth
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    1. Multicollinearity No access Nicolas Scharioth
    2. Residual plot No access Nicolas Scharioth
    3. Normality Assumption No access Nicolas Scharioth
6. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 122 - 124 Nicolas Scharioth
1. Regression results No access Pages 125 - 128 Nicolas Scharioth
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    1. Analysis with Added short-term Neorealist Variable No access Nicolas Scharioth
    2. Analysis with Added short-term Institutionalist Variable No access Nicolas Scharioth
    3. Analysis with Added Liberal Variables No access Nicolas Scharioth
  2. Sensitivity Analysis with Outlier Cases No access Pages 133 - 134 Nicolas Scharioth
  3. Summary of the Sensitivity Analyses No access Pages 134 - 134 Nicolas Scharioth
3. Summary of the Chapter No access Pages 134 - 136 Nicolas Scharioth
Summary and Conclusion No access Pages 137 - 142 Nicolas Scharioth
Bibliography No access Pages 143 - 148 Nicolas Scharioth
Data Sources No access Pages 149 - 150 Nicolas Scharioth
Note on Statistical Data Appendix No access Pages 151 - 151 Nicolas Scharioth