This paper presents an innovative operationalization of world-system analysis through attributional data, and makes use of an innovative Artificial Neural Network computational tool, the Auto-Contractive Map (AutoCM), to analyze the core-periphery structure of a database including five well-known, publicly avail- able indicators that can jointly be considered an empirical proxy of an open society formulation of West- ern governmentality: World Competitiveness Index; Freedom of Press Index; Economic Freedom Index; Corruption Perception Index; and UNDP Human Development Index. We find clear evidence of a core- periphery structure in the data, which is largely coherent with a benchmark version obtained through an alternative computational method, the Self-Organizing Map (SOM). Moreover, we find that the resulting meta-geography of the world-system is still shaped by the colonialist geopolitics of the British Common- wealth as the key organizational backbone.
The meta-geography of the open society: An Auto-CM ANN approach, 2018-07-01.
Autori: | Buscema, Massimo; Ferilli, Guido; Sacco, Pier Luigi |
Data di pubblicazione: | 1-lug-2018 |
Titolo: | The meta-geography of the open society: An Auto-CM ANN approach |
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Editore: | Elsevier |
Volume: | 99 |
Pagina iniziale: | 12 |
Pagina finale: | 24 |
Numero di pagine: | 13 |
Revisione (peer review): | esperti anonimi |
IF: | con ISI Impact Factor |
Rilevanza: | internazionale |
Lingua: | English |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.01.017 |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SECS-P/02 - Politica Economica Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia Applicata Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia e Gestione delle Imprese |
Keywords: | Open society Attributional data AutoCM Artificial Neural Network World-system Hegemony Meta-geography |
Abstract: | This paper presents an innovative operationalization of world-system analysis through attributional data, and makes use of an innovative Artificial Neural Network computational tool, the Auto-Contractive Map (AutoCM), to analyze the core-periphery structure of a database including five well-known, publicly avail- able indicators that can jointly be considered an empirical proxy of an open society formulation of West- ern governmentality: World Competitiveness Index; Freedom of Press Index; Economic Freedom Index; Corruption Perception Index; and UNDP Human Development Index. We find clear evidence of a core- periphery structure in the data, which is largely coherent with a benchmark version obtained through an alternative computational method, the Self-Organizing Map (SOM). Moreover, we find that the resulting meta-geography of the world-system is still shaped by the colonialist geopolitics of the British Common- wealth as the key organizational backbone. |
Numero degli autori: | 3 |
Supporto: | A stampa |
Data di accettazione: | 17-gen-2018 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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