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Kerkhoff, Till (2024)

Non-Democratic Regimes and UNGA Voting: A Fuzzy Set QCA of the Ukraine Invasion Resolution: Toenshoff, C.L.

Master thesis | Political Science (MSc)

This article aims to explain non-democratic countries voting in favor of Ukraine in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1 by building on theories of vote-buying and Arms of Influence. Russian and US influences on voting behavior are contrasted by establishing competing conditions within a fsQCA framework. The results highlight the multiplicity of causal pathways leading to UNGA voting patterns and indicate that conditions derived from vote-buying can fully, and conditions derived from AOI can partly explain the outcome. Testing for the absence of the outcome, further analysis reveals that AOI based conditions are more suitable for lack of the outcome, revealing an asymmetrical causal relationship.

International Governance, fsQCA, United Nations General Assembly, Ukraine Invasion, autocracies, non-democracies

Author

Kerkhoff, Till

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

International Politics

Supervisors

Cetkovic, S.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en