Measures of democracy are regularly employed in the statistical analysis of economic, political, and social policy. This paper reviews the measures" setup, strength, and weaknesses across the three most prominent democracy datasets: PolityIV, Freedom House, and Varieties of Democracy. The measures developed by the Varieties of Democracy project outperform Polity2 and Freedom House Index with…
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International Area Studies Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Political Conflict and Governance, International Development and Aid, International Relations and Foreign Policy.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', International Area Studies Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Political Conflict and Governance International Development and Aid International Relations and Foreign Policy Electoral Systems and Political Participation Global trade and economics |
| ISSN | 2049-1123 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.78 |
| h-index | 28 |
| i10-index | 96 |
| Total citations | 3,467 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Peace Research Institute Oslo |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com |
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Most-cited papers in International Area Studies Review
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has positioned itself as a regional security organization aimed at reducing the influence of the Organization of American States (OAS) in South America. At the same time, the OAS paradoxically serves as a model for UNASUR because of its operational capacity and its legitimacy as a regional organization.…
Does economic inequality breed political violence? For almost half a century, scholars have tried to test this assumption, finding little empirical support for a statistical relationship between the two variables. This article provides a critical review of this literature, starting out with the link between so-called vertical (inter-individual) inequality and conflict. I argue that the…
With the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, urban-led economic growth in India was firmly framed around a vision of ‘smart cities’, an ambiguous concept, which promotes the integration of information and communication technologies in cities to improve economic growth, quality of life, governance, mobility and sustainability. Given its current policy importance, this…
Soft power is the power to persuade whereby one actor in a non-coercive manner convinces another to want the same things he/she wants. Sport can be used as tool of soft power both internationally and domestically. Peace-building and nation-building can be achieved through four mechanisms of sport diplomacy and politics: image-building; building a platform for…