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Research on research revisited: another half decade of quantitative and field research on international organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

William J. Dixon
William J. Dixon
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Doctoral candidate in Political Science at the Ohio State University and is currently a research assistant at the University's Mershon Center.
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Eight journals were surveyed for articles reporting empirical research on international organizations, under the assumption that periodic self-assessment is a necessary component of any program of scientific inquiry. Forty-five article published between 1970 and 1975 are compared to articles from the 1960s on a variety of dimensions. In the recent period more authors view international organizations comparatively while fewer concentrate their efforts on the UN. The types of organizations and organizational process being studied have become more diversified, as have the research methods being utilized. Several questions receiving the sustained attention of researchers, such as studies of UN voting groups, the attributes of UN member states, the effects of economic assistance on influence in the UN, and the role of IO's in conflict resolution, all reflect a growing accumulation of knowledge about international organizations.

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International Organization , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , Winter 1977 , pp. 65 - 82
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1977

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Appendix: Works included in the analysis

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