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Taking center stage: Decoding status hierarchies from group photos of European leaders

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I investigate whether group photos of international leaders can provide useful data on interstate status perceptions. I formulate a spatial model of social hierarchy and evaluate it against newly gathered data on the placement of leaders in 121 European Council group photos between 1975 and 2015. I find support for determinants of placement at the international, institutional, and individual levels. The results suggest that: (a) group photos provide a previously untapped source of data on international status; (b) data derived from group photos can supplement existing status proxies based on material capabilities or diplomatic connectivity; (c) group pictures can be particularly useful for discerning status hierarchies among sets of relatively homogenous countries, such as those of the European Union.

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  • Magnus Lundgren, 2018. "Taking center stage: Decoding status hierarchies from group photos of European leaders," European Union Politics, , vol. 19(4), pages 549-569, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:eeupol:v:19:y:2018:i:4:p:549-569
    DOI: 10.1177/1465116518785057
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