Replication data for: Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices (doi:10.7910/DVN/XCCACE)

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Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/XCCACE

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2007-11-28

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Benjamin O. Fordham; Victor Asal, 2007, "Replication data for: Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XCCACE, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:ylnVBtpOONG1odIw0cYMew== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/XCCACE

Authoring Entity:

Benjamin O. Fordham (Binghamton University)

Victor Asal (University at Albany)

Producer:

International Studies Quarterly

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

International Studies Quarterly

Date of Deposit:

2007

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XCCACE

Study Scope

Topic Classification:

ISQ 2007, Volume 51, Issue 1

Abstract:

Do the institutions and practices of the major powers influence those of other states? Many international relations theorists have argued that these powerful states' prestige allows them to define what is normatively acceptable. This paper tests the influence of the internal characteristics of major powers on democratization, the extension of formal political equality to women, and the practice of jailing or killing the state's domestic political opponents. We find support for the major power prestige hypothesis in the latter two cases. In understanding some important international outcomes, it makes sense to treat major powers less like impenetrable “billiard balls,” distinguished only by their relative power, and more like “snowflakes” with many relevant internal characteristics

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Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;

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Citation

Title:

Fordham, Benjamin O.; Asal, Victor, 2007, "Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices" International Studies Quarterly 51 (1), 31–52: doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00438.x <a href= "http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00438.x" target= "_new">(article available here)</a>.

Bibliographic Citation:

Fordham, Benjamin O.; Asal, Victor, 2007, "Billiard Balls or Snowflakes? Major Power Prestige and the International Diffusion of Institutions and Practices" International Studies Quarterly 51 (1), 31–52: doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00438.x <a href= "http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00438.x" target= "_new">(article available here)</a>.

File Description--f109491

File: FordhamAsal.tab

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  • No. of variables per record: 48

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

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Data file for this study

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • year
  • ccode - COW country code
  • gdppc - Real per capita income
  • major - Major power
  • demonset - Onset of democracy
  • demcollapse - Democratic collapse
  • demmajors - Number of democratic major powers
  • majpower - Total CINC of major powers
  • majors - Number of major powers
  • demshare - Democratic proportion of all states
  • suffrage - Full political equality for women in state
  • wsmajors - Number of major powers with women's suffrage
  • propws - Proportion of all states will women's political equality
  • demdepend - Trade dependence on all democracies
  • wsdepend - Trade dependence on states with female suffrage
  • ass500 - Total assassinations in states within 500km
  • gs500 - Total general strikes in states within 500km
  • purge500 - Total purges in states within 500km
  • purge01 - Total states within 500km conducting purges
  • riot500 - Total riots in states within 500km
  • agd500 - Total anti-government demonstrations in states within 500km
  • propdem - Proportion of democracies among states within 500km
  • propwsreg - Proportion of states within 500km with female suffrage
  • purge01500 - Proportion of states within 500km conducting purges
  • majpurge - Number of major powers conducting purges
  • purgepower - Total cinc of major powers conducting purges
  • wmajpurge - Major powers conducting purges, weighted by share of major power CINC
  • purgeprop - Proportion of all states conducting purges
  • dwmajdem - Geographically weighted democratic proportion of major powers
  • dwsuffrage - Geographically weighted proportion of major powers with formal political equalit
  • mpalldem - Proportion of democracies among major power allies
  • mpallws - Proportion of major power allies with formal political equality for women
  • mpallpurge - Proportion of major power allies of state conducting purges
  • time
  • dempower - Democratic share of major power CINC scores
  • demshrmaj - Proportion of major powers that are democracies
  • wspower - CINC-weighted proportion of major powers with formal political equality for wome
  • wsshrmaj - Proportion of major powers that have female suffrage
  • dwsuffrage2 - Distance-weighted proportion of major powers with female suffrage
  • dwpurge2 - Distance-weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges
  • demshare1 - Lagged democratic proportion of all states
  • purgeprop1 - Lagged proportion of all states conducting purges
  • majpurgelag - Proportion of major powers conducting purges
  • wmajpurgelag - CINC-weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges in preceding year
  • purge01500lag - Proportion of states within 500km conducting purges in preceding year
  • dwmajpurgelag - Geographically weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges in precedin
  • purge - State conducts purge this year
  • polity2 - Revised polity score from Polity data

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Real per capita income

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Major power

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Onset of democracy

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Democratic collapse

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Number of democratic major powers

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Total CINC of major powers

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Number of major powers

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Democratic proportion of all states

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Full political equality for women in state

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Number of major powers with women's suffrage

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Proportion of all states will women's political equality

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Trade dependence on all democracies

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Trade dependence on states with female suffrage

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Total assassinations in states within 500km

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Total general strikes in states within 500km

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Total purges in states within 500km

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Total states within 500km conducting purges

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Total riots in states within 500km

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Total anti-government demonstrations in states within 500km

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Proportion of democracies among states within 500km

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Proportion of states within 500km with female suffrage

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Number of major powers conducting purges

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Major powers conducting purges, weighted by share of major power CINC

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Proportion of all states conducting purges

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Proportion of major power allies with formal political equality for women

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Proportion of major power allies of state conducting purges

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time

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Democratic share of major power CINC scores

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Proportion of major powers that are democracies

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CINC-weighted proportion of major powers with formal political equality for wome

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Proportion of major powers that have female suffrage

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Distance-weighted proportion of major powers with female suffrage

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Distance-weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges

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Lagged democratic proportion of all states

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Lagged proportion of all states conducting purges

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Proportion of major powers conducting purges

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CINC-weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges in preceding year

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Proportion of states within 500km conducting purges in preceding year

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Geographically weighted proportion of major powers conducting purges in precedin

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State conducts purge this year

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Revised polity score from Polity data

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