Geographic Proximity Versus Institutions Evaluating Borders as Real Political Boundaries

被引：16

作者：

Cho, Wendy K. Tam ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Nicley, Erinn P. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Polit Sci, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Stat, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

[3] Univ Illinois, Natl Ctr Supercomp Applicat, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

[4] Univ Illinois, Dept Geog, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

来源：

AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH | 2008年 / 36卷 / 06期

关键词：

spatial autocorrelation; spatial regression analysis; borders; voting; elections; US states; geographic context;

D O I：

10.1177/1532673X08316701

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

Scholars have recently begun to connect political phenomena with geographic proximity, noting that in addition to one's personal characteristics, individuals are strongly affected by their social context. We push this literature further by examining how institutions such as state borders mediate and condition the effects of geographic proximity. Our findings expand our understanding of geography by demonstrating that the geographic landscape has interesting facets beyond proximity and distance. Rather, geography is the product of political relationships that intersect in particular places.

引用

页码：803 / 823

页数：21

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