Journal article
Authors list: WILLE, R; WILLE, U
Publication year: 1993
Pages: 173-180
Journal: Mathematical Social Sciences
Volume number: 25
Issue number: 2
ISSN: 0165-4896
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(93)90051-J
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract:
Huntington's equations consist of ratios of two variables equal to a third variable. The meaningfulness of such equations gave rise to a strong controversy because, in Huntington's context, those variables seem to capture only ordinal relationships. We show that simple ordinal axioms already allow a coordinatization by ordered loops which guarantees meaningfulness as defined in measurement theory. Further axioms even yield a meaningful representation by real numbers. The crucial question remains whether the ordinal axioms can be empirically justified in Huntington's field of application.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: WILLE, R. and WILLE, U. (1993) ON THE CONTROVERSY OVER HUNTINGTON EQUATIONS - WHEN ARE SUCH EQUATIONS MEANINGFUL, Mathematical Social Sciences, 25(2), pp. 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(93)90051-J
APA Citation style: WILLE, R., & WILLE, U. (1993). ON THE CONTROVERSY OVER HUNTINGTON EQUATIONS - WHEN ARE SUCH EQUATIONS MEANINGFUL. Mathematical Social Sciences. 25(2), 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(93)90051-J
Keywords
HUNTINGTON EQUATIONS; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; Political participation; SOCIAL FRUSTRATION; SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
