2022/05/15 by Jan Teorell · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Computer science #Constructivism (international relations) #De facto #Economics #Global Peace and Security Dynamics #International Relations and Foreign Policy #International relations #International trade #Law #Mutual recognition #Norm (philosophy) #Period (music) #Philosophy #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics #Representation (politics) #Sociology #State (computer science) #World War II
paper · doi:10.1177/00108367221093151
published in Cooperation and Conflict 58(2), 155-174 (SAGE Publishing)
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The aim of this article is to explore the establishment of diplomatic representation as a measure of de facto recognition by other state units and to explain its causes in the “long 19th century” (1817–1914) and the post–World War II (WWII) era (1950–2000). Drawing on the Correlates of War diplomatic exchange data, the article explores the underlying drivers of dyadic acts of recognition in two series of logistic regression analyses, one for each time period. The results indicate that, also when taking alternative explanations into account, recognition of other states in the international system was in the 19th century at least based on one general principle: that of recognizing other de facto states. In the post-WWII era, contrary to expectations, this principle was still in effect. De facto statehood can thus be argued to constitute a rather stable norm for recognition in the international system.