Birds of a Feather
Democratic Political Systems and Alliance Choices in the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Randolph M Siverson (0000-0001-9815-5745, University of California, Davis), Juliann Emmons (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 285-306 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002791035002007 |
| OpenAlex | W1989681887 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 139 |
| References cited | 28 |
An examination of the alliance choices of democratic states between 1920 and 1939 and between 1946 and 1965 is undertaken to answer the question, do democracies have a tendency to ally with each other more than they ought to according to probability? The analysis of the data indicates that during the first period there was an initial tendency for democratic states to ally with each other at a higher rate than probability indicates should have been the case, but that the overall level of democratic alliances decreased as the rate of their existing alliances dissolved and democracies sought other types of partners. During the period from 1946 to 1965 alliances between democracies were formed and maintained at much higher rates than probability indicates should have been the case. Further analysis demonstrates that this effect is probably not significantly affected by either the effects of previous wartime alliances or geography
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Domestic Political Institutions and Alliance Politics
How States Die
The Concept of Military Alliance
Status, Authority, and the End of the American Century
The Democratic Peace and Territorial Conflict in the Twentieth Century
American hýbris
Escalation of a local conflict into a Cold War
Saceur, CJCS, and U.S. military influence in transatlantic security policy
Democracy from Above
In Search of Democratic Peace
Evolution und Planung
The Political Economy of Nuclear Restraint
Regime transition in the Asia/pacific region
The US–South Korea alliance
Alliance Embeddedness
Determinants of Third Partiesâ Intervention and Alignment Choices in Ongoing Conflicts, 1946â2001
Staying alive by overeating? The enduring Nato alliance at 70
Is the democratic alliance a ticket to (free) ride? Canada's “imperial commitments,” from the interwar period to the present
Enduring, but irrelevant? Britain, Nato and the future of the Atlantic alliance
When are similar regimes more likely to form alliances? Institutions and ideologies in the post-communist world
Thinking About Puzzles in the Study of International War
Alliances, Institutional Design, and the Determinants of Military Strategy
Testing Competing Institutional Explanations of the Democratic Peace
Democracies, Territory, and Negotiated Compromises
Complex Dependencies in the Alliance Network
Between indifference and coercion
Preferential Attachment, Homophily, and the Structure of International Networks, 1816–2003
The (de)Limitations of Balance of Power Theory
How International Reputation Matters
Regime types and status quo evaluations
Modeling alliance membership in a three‐dimensional space
A two‐good theory of foreign policy
Democracy and war
The Democracy Aid Calculus
Toward a Network Theory of Alliance Formation
Democracies in international crisis
Jumping into the Fray
Do birds of a feather deter better? Cultural affinity and alliance deterrence
Negotiating Military Alliances
An Economic Limitation to the Zone of Democratic Peace and Cooperation
Democracy and Victory
Escape from the State of Nature
Military alliances as a stabilising force
Faction in Movement
Peaceful Neighborhoods and Democratic Differences
Friends and partners
A Decision Theoretic Model of Public Opinion
Peace Between Participatory Polities
Rethinking Democracy and International Peace
Opposites Do Not Attract
Kant's Third Image
National Leaders, Political Security, and the Formation of Military Coalitions
Two-Level Security Management and the Prospects for New Democracies
Clear and Present Strangers
Democracy from above
A Forgotten Tie Between Democracies and Nondemocracies in Asymmetric Cooperation
The Democratic Peace Theory Reframed
The Political Psychology of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Common Interests or Common Polities? Reinterpreting the Democratic Peace
Jumping on the Bandwagon
Allying for Peace
The Bar Fight Theory of International Conflict
The Effects of Political Similarity on the Onset of Militarized Disputes, 1816-1985
The Affinity of Foreign Investors for Authoritarian Regimes
Executive Constraints and Success in International Crises
Multilateralism, Major Powers, and Militarized Disputes
Democracy, Economic Reform and Regional Cooperation
The Future of International Warfare
War Initiators and War Winners
A Vote for Freedom? The Effects of Partisan Electoral Interventions on Regime Type
Democracy and the Management of International Conflict
Major Power Intervention in International Crises, 1918-1988
A Tale of Two Democratic Peace Critiques
Democracy, Institutionalization, and Corporate Alliances
Why Don't Democracies Fight Each Other
Democracies, Disputes, and Third-Party Intermediaries
Democracy, Disputes, and Negotiated Settlements
Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992
Alliances, Then Democracy
All Alliances Are Multilateral
Ballots, a Barrier against the Use of Bullets and Bombs
Modeling the Democratic Peace as a Kantian Selection Process
The Costs of Reneging
Regime Type and Bilateral Treaty Formalization
Political System Similarity And The Choice of Allies
Democracy and Compromise in Militarized Interstate Conflicts, 1816-1992
When Do Ideologies Produce Alliances?. The Holy Roman Empire, 1517-1555
Reliability, Reputation, and Alliance Formation1
Permanent Friends? Dynamic Difference and the Democratic Peace
Domestic Judicial Institutions and Human Rights Treaty Violation
Cooperative and Antagonistic Networks
The Deterrent Value of Democratic Allies1
Tightening the Belt
Democratic states and commitment in international relations
Democratization and International Organizations
Anarchy, hierarchy, and the variety of international relations
The Foreign Imposition of Domestic Institutions
The new politics of voting alignments in the United Nations General Assembly
Alliances
Why Democracies May Actually Be Less Reliable Allies
Why Nations Realign
The theory of political coalitions.
Back to the Future
The German Empire 1871-1918
The Origins of Alliances
Politics Among Nations
Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs
Back to the Future
Why Nations Realign
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Kant’s Political Writings
Regime Types and International Conflict, 1816-1976
Democracy and War Involvement
Components of an operational theory of international alliance formation
Extended Deterrence by Superpower Alliance
Flexibility of Alliance Partner Choice in a Multipolar System
The abolition of slavery and the end of international war
Issues in the Comparative Measurement of Political Democracy
Politics Among Nations
Societal Approaches To the Study of War
The Transformation of Alliance Systems
Opportunity, Willingness, and the Diffusion of War
Persistence and Change in Political Systems, 1800-1971
The Decision to Ally
| Unique citing works | 139 |
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| Citations per year | 4,09 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 139 |