Empirical Knowledge on World Politics: A Summary of Quantitative Research, 1970-1991

This research guide provides a comprehensive summary of all quantitative research in the World Politics field published in scholarly journals between 1970 and 1991. Each such article is summarized in terms of the central query or hypotheses, the spatial-temporal domain, the measurement of the predictor and outcome variables, the data analysis, and the findings. Article summaries are arranged alphabetically by first author. This guide contains three extensive indexes. The first references articles according to the topic(s) covered; the second according to the states, dyads, and other entities used as units-of-analyses in the study; the third according to the authors of the research. Graduate students, scholars, and practitioners will find this book an invaluable overview of the quantitative research that has been conducted on World Politics over the past two decades.

Brian H. Gibbs is completing his PhD in political science at the University of Michigan and is also a senior research associate in sociology at Cleveland State University.

J. David Singer, professor of political science, University of Michigan, is well known for his quantitative research in world politics. His most recent books include Measuring the Correlates of War with Paul F. Diehl (1991), Models, Methods, and Progress: A Peace Research Odyssey (1990), and International War: An Anthology with Melvin Small (1988).