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Ideology and Senate Voting on the Panama Canal Treaties
Full text linkThis research examines the relative utility of ideology (as compared to party affiliation, regionalism, election status, and presidential leadership) in explaining Senate voting decisions on the two Panama Canal Treaties in March and April 1978. Employing bivariate and multivariate techniques, we demonstrate that the ideological explanation of voting was more potent than the others for these two treaties. In addition, when we analyzed separately senators who decided early and senators who decided close to the vote, we again found that the ideological variable remained the crucial factor in the decision calculus of both groups. Only among "late deciders" do we begin to witness the significant effect of another factor, regionalism. We discuss the implication of the results for salient issues in American foreign policy.This article is published as McCormick, James M., and Michael Black. "Ideology and Senate Voting on the Panama Canal Treaties." Legislative Studies Quarterly (1983): 45-63. DOI: 10.2307/439470.</p
Healing the American Rift with New Zealand
Full text linkSince 1985, political and military relations between the United States and New Zealand have been ruptured over the issue of American nuclear ship visits and nuclear power generally. In this paper, I review the nature of the ANZUS dispute, analyze the impact of this rupture in several different policy areas between the two countries, and discuss the recent events in New Zealand-United States relations that have begun to alter this situation. In particular, I focus on the apparent emergence of a dual track policy of closer political cooperation between the two countries, even as the security relationship remains fissured. Such a policy is hardly without precedent: The United States has long tolerated a dual track policy toward France and NATO. While some initiatives have been undertaken by the Clinton administration, greater efforts by both sides will still be necessary for restoration of full ties between the two nations. Further progress in the relations between New Zealand and the United States, however, will likely have to await the 1996 elections in both countries.This article is published as McCormick, James M. "Healing the American Rift with New Zealand." Pacific Affairs (1995): 392-410. DOI: 10.2307/2761131. Posted with permission.</p
Alternate Approaches to Evaluating International Organizations: Some Research Directions
Full text linkThe analysis of international organizations and their effect on the international system have increased markedly in recent years. A number of reasons may be suggested for such renewed interest in these political institutions: growth in sheer number of these organizations; the magnitude of their use by states; their potential for addressing important international problems such as energy, food, hijackings, and international terrorism, among others; and the enlarged potential of these organizations (such as OPEC, IMF, and the World Bank) for influencing the dynamics of international politics. Despite this expanded interest in international institutions, notable gaps exist in our knowledge about the linkage between nations and international organizations. As a consequence, a need exists to offer some substantive and theoretical guidance to future research in this important area of international politics. In an exploratory way, this paper addresses such a concern. We first review some of the approaches used in evaluating international organizations in the conduct of international relations; next, we offer some research suggestions for analyzing international organizations (primarily within the context of previous efforts); and finally, we suggest how theoretical development can take place through the examination of this new research agenda.This article is published as McCormick, James M. "Alternate Approaches to Evaluating International Organizations: Some Research Directions," Polity 14, no. 3 (Spring 1982): 531-547. DOI: 10.2307/3234540. Posted with permission.</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence
Full text linkThe seventh edition of this leading reader for courses in American foreign policy offers students an up-to-date, highly accessible introduction to the broad array of domestic factors influencing U.S. policymakers. James McCormick offers twenty-two carefully selected essays, more than half of which are new or revised. These current, insightful, and sometimes controversial essays are contributed by a distinguished group of scholars, journalists and public officials. The only reader to focus on domestic sources of American foreign policy, the book is organized into three thematic sections, each prefaced by a brief introduction written by the editor.
Part one assesses how society contributes to foreign policy, part two examines the role of various political institutions and bureaucracies, and part three presents case studies of foreign policymaking that highlight the role of individual and group decision makers. Featuring nine new chapters, this latest edition provides a detailed analysis of foreign policy from the Vietnam War through the end of the Obama administration.
Contributions by: Adam J. Berinsky, Joshua W. Busby, Ivo H. Daalder, I. M. (Mac) Destler, Colin Dueck, Robert Entman, Peter D. Feaver, Louis Fisher, Michèle A. Flournoy, Christopher Gelpi, James M. Goldgeier, Robert Jervis, Craig Kafura, Fred Kaplan, James M. Lindsay, John Mearsheimer, Jonathan Monten, Henry R. Nau, Michael Nelson, James P. Pfiffner, Dina Smeltz, Tony Smith, Jordan Tama, James C. Thomson Jr., Stephen Walt, and John Western.This is the table of contents and introduction from McCormick, James (ed.). The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence. Seventh edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2018. Pages vii-18. Reproduced by permission of Rowman & Littlefield.
All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute or reprint.</p
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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