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IGO Participation in Dyadic Disputes: Follow the Leader or Follow the Rules?
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Intergovernmental Organizations and International Conflict:
Follow the Leader or Follow the Rules?
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Michelle A. Benson
Department of Political Science
520 Park Hall
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, NY 14260
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Abstract
This paper asks why IGOs take action in international dyadic disputes. Three key determinants of action—organizational attributes, conflict attributes, and disputant attributes may each affect the likelihood of IGOs acting in international conflicts. In short, if the preferences of IGO members are primary in determining IGO action, then one would expect to see a relationship between the IGO member types and the target disputants of IGO action. However, if IGOs are driven by norms above and beyond the interests of the member states, then one would expect to see certain attributes of the conflict—such as duration, hostility level, and fatality level—as important motivators of IGO actions. Using PANDA data from 1984 to 1994, I code the level of IGO action for all dyadic disputes lasting longer than 24 hours. The cross tabulation, multinomial logits, and predicted probabilities suggest that intergovernmental organizations function as both norm generators and as venues to help states collaborate in action which supports the ir status quo preferences.
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Paper prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington,
D.C., September 1-4, 2005. I would like to thank the Baldy Center for research support and Sooh-Rhee Ryu and Lisa Danish for their research assistance on this project.
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Intergovernmental Organizations and International Conflict:
Follow the Leader or Follow the Rules?
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Michelle A. Benson
Department of Political Science
520 Park Hall
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, NY 14260
## email not listed ##
Abstract
This paper asks why IGOs take action in international dyadic disputes. Three key
determinants of action—organizational attributes, conflict attributes, and disputant
attributes may each affect the likelihood of IGOs acting in international conflicts. In
short, if the preferences of IGO members are primary in determining IGO action, then
one would expect to see a relationship between the IGO member types and the target
disputants of IGO action. However, if IGOs are driven by norms above and beyond the
interests of the member states, then one would expect to see certain attributes of the
conflict—such as duration, hostility level, and fatality level—as important motivators of
IGO actions. Using PANDA data from 1984 to 1994, I code the level of IGO action for
all dyadic disputes lasting longer than 24 hours. The cross tabulation, multinomial logits,
and predicted probabilities suggest that intergovernmental organizations function as both
norm generators and as venues to help states collaborate in action which supports the ir
status quo preferences.
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Paper prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington,
D.C., September 1-4, 2005.
I would like to thank the Baldy Center for research support and Sooh-Rhee Ryu and Lisa Danish for their
research assistance on this project.
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