Alliance Polarization, Cross-Cutting, and International War, 1815-1964

Michael D. Wallace
Additional contact information
Michael D. Wallace: Department of Political Science University of British Columbia

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1973, vol. 17, issue 4, 575-604

Abstract: Various authors have posited the relationship between alliance polarization and violent conflict in the global system as positive, negative, and curvilinear. Unfortu nately, these hypotheses have not received a thorough test, as previous empirical studies of alliance polarization have tended to neglect (1) the configurational properties of alliance groupings, and (2) the nonmilitary dimensions of alignment. This paper attempts to construct measures of polarization and cross-cutting which take these properties into account. Configurations of alignment patterns are generated by subjecting data on military alliances, diplomatic representation, and intergovernmental organizations to Guttmann-Lingoes Smallest Space Analysis. Several mathematical procedures are developed to measure polarization and cross-cutting within and between these clusters.

Date: 1973
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://jcr.sagepub.com/content/17/4/575.abstract (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:jocore:v:17:y:1973:i:4:p:575-604

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Conflict Resolution from Peace Science Society (International)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().