Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Theory
- Part II High Linkage and Democratization: Eastern Europe and the Americas
- Part III The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in Low-Linkage Regions: The Former Soviet Union, Africa, and Asia
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix I Measuring Competitive Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Stability
- Appendix II Measuring Leverage
- Appendix III Measuring Linkage
- Appendix IV Measuring Organizational Power
- References
- Index
Appendix III - Measuring Linkage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Theory
- Part II High Linkage and Democratization: Eastern Europe and the Americas
- Part III The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in Low-Linkage Regions: The Former Soviet Union, Africa, and Asia
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix I Measuring Competitive Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Stability
- Appendix II Measuring Leverage
- Appendix III Measuring Linkage
- Appendix IV Measuring Organizational Power
- References
- Index
Summary
Linkage is measured by the following four components:
Economic Ties: Measured by the extent of trade with the United States and 15 EU member countries (exports and imports over GDP) (log) (1990–2000), excluding years when a country is democratic.
Social Ties: Measured by the average annual number of a country's citizens traveling to or living in the U.S. and EU (1990–2000) as a share of total country population (log), excluding years when a country is democratic.
Communication Ties: Measured by per capita average annual international voice traffic 1993–2000 (log) and per capita average annual Internet access (1995–2000) (log), excluding years when a country is democratic.
Intergovernmental Ties: Measured by membership in the Organization of American States (OAS) or potential membership in the EU.
For each of the four dimensions, each country is given a score (1–5) based on its ranking relative to all non-Western countries in the world (5 = highest quintile; 1 = lowest quintile). The scores on the four dimensions are summed into a total score, which was recalculated so that scores range from 0 to 1.
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- Competitive AuthoritarianismHybrid Regimes after the Cold War, pp. 374 - 375Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010