Choosing Your Neighbors: Networks of Diffusion in International Relations

• Published in: International studies quarterly Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 271 - 287
• Main Authors: Zhukov, Yuri M., Stewart, Brandon M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cary Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.06.2013; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Autocorrelation; Conflict; Connectivity; Countries; Criteria; Decision making; Democracy; Democratic regimes; Democratization; Diffusionism; Economic models; Intergovernmental organizations; International Relations; International studies; Modeling; Neighborhoods; Neighbors; Networks; Policy Reform; Politics; Prediction; Regime transition; Spatial models; Statistical models
• ISSN: 0020-8833; 1468-2478
• DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12008

In examining the diffusion of social and political phenomena like regime transition, conflict, and policy change, scholars routinely make choices about how proximity is defined and which neighbors should be considered more important than others. Since each specification offers an alternative view of...