Intergovernmental Organizations and Foreign Policy Behavior

Some Empirical Findings

Bibliographic Data

ID3380435
AuthorsJames M Mccormick (Iowa State University), Young Whan Kihl (Iowa State University)
Year1979
Volume73
Issue2
Pages494-504
Publication date1979-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1954893
OpenAlexW2329122717
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

In this study, we evaluate whether the increase in the number of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) has resulted in their increased use for foreign policy behavior by the nations of the world. This question is examined in three related ways: (1) the aggregate use of IGOs for foreign policy behavior; (2) the relationship between IGO membership and IGO use; and (3) the kinds of states that use IGOs. Our data base consists of the 35 nations in the CREON (Comparative Research on the Events of Nations) data set for the years 1959-1968.The main findings are that IGOs were employed over 60 percent of the time with little fluctuation on a year-by-year basis, that global and "high politics" IGOs were used more often than regional and "low politics" IGOs, that institutional membership and IGO use were generally inversely related, and that the attributes of the states had limited utility in accounting for the use of intergovernmental organizations. Some of the theoretical implications of these findings are then explored

Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Set (abstract data type · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration

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