Journal article
Examining the role of region and elections on representation in the UN Security Council
The Review of International Organizations, Vol.12(4), pp.585-611
12/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-016-9254-z
Abstract
Do United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members represent states in their geographic regions? Drawing on literature in legislative politics and regional similarities, this manuscript links classic notions of representation - descriptive and substantive - to geographic representation of UN members in the UNSC. However, we argue that the process of getting elected to the UNSC leads to the election of states that are not likely to represent their regions. Using UN General Assembly voting patterns as a proxy for preferences, two sets of analyses test 1) whether, in general, states within the same region have higher levels of General Assembly voting similarity, and 2) if UNSC members possess similar voting patterns with states in their region. The results show that while regional groupings do tend to have higher patterns of vote similarity, this effect is not present when comparing the states voted onto the UNSC with states in their region.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining the role of region and elections on representation in the UN Security Council
- Creators
- Brian Lai - Department of Political Science University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 USAVanessa Lefler - Middle Tennessee State University Peck Hall Room 209, MTSU PO Box 29 Murfreesboro TN 37132 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Review of International Organizations, Vol.12(4), pp.585-611
- Publisher
- Springer US; New York
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11558-016-9254-z
- ISSN
- 1559-7431
- eISSN
- 1559-744X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983921856102771
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