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A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF INTERDEPENDENCE
Author(s) -
Blanton Robert G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2000.tb00799.x
Subject(s) - facet (psychology) , field (mathematics) , economic interdependence , positive economics , focus (optics) , political science , economic geography , regional science , sociology , social psychology , psychology , economics , mathematics , china , physics , optics , personality , law , pure mathematics , big five personality traits
Interdependence is one of the most commonly used concepts within the field of international relations. It has been applied, in one form or another, to most every issue within the study of international relations. Yet empirical assessment of this crucial concept is not commensurate with its conceptual complexity. Rather, works commonly focus on a single facet of interdependence: economic ties. Seeking a more complex, empirically driven measurement of this concept, I explore the multiple dimensions of interdependence, as demonstrated by transactions between states. Specifically, ten separate variables, each representing a different facet of interstate ties, are examined to empirically determine the structure of interdependence. Using factor analysis, three distinct dimensions of interdependence are uncovered.