From Dependency to Sovereignty: An Event History Analysis of Decolonization 1870-1987
用事件史方法分析1870-1987年西方殖民地的独立过程，发现美国霸权时期非殖民化加快，普选权扩大和1960年后全球反殖民话语也推动独立，同一帝国内先独立事件会加速后续独立。
This paper examines the precipitants of decolonization among Western dependencies from 1870 to 1987 within an event history framework. It focuses on the implications of world economy and world polity perspectives. Results indicate the usefulness of both perspectives, while also pointing to an array of other factors. On the world economy side, the rate of decolonization rose during the period of American hegemony. On the world polity side, decolonization was more rapid where suffrage regimes were broad and after 1960 when imperialism was delegitimated in global political discourse. There is further evidence of diffusion processes within empires, where the number of prior decolonization events within the empire accelerated the decolonization rate of remaining dependencies. Separate analyses of decolonization before and after World War II point to some shifts in parameters over time that challenge assumptions that institutional effects are invariably located in the later stages of a historical process.