Beyond boundaries? : disciplines, paradigms, and theoretical integration in international studies / edited by Rudra Sil and Eileen M. Doherty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sil, Rudra, 1967-

Doherty, Eileen M.

Series:

SUNY series in global politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

International cooperation.

Boundaries.

Physical Description:

xi, 263 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2000]

Summary:

This book represents a critical yet constructive reappraisal of the role, and the limits, of the boundaries that define and separate disciplines and subfields in the social sciences, as well as the boundaries that divide distinct research traditions or paradigms in the analysis of international life. It provides an integrative and eclectic examination of the virtues of a more flexible division of labor, a division that facilitates more meaningful communication among scholars of different methodological persuasions investigating similar problems in international life.

Contents:

1. The Questionable Status of Boundaries: The Need for Integration / Rudra Sil 1

Part 1 Constructing Integrative Frameworks

2. Negotiating Across Disciplines: The Implications of Judgment and Decision-Making Research for International Relations Theory / Eileen M. Doherty 31

3. Contextual Information and the Study of Trade and Conflict: The Utility of an Interdisciplinary Approach / Norrin M. Ripsman, Jean-Marc F. Blanchard 57

4. Constructing Concepts of Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls of a Sociological Approach to World Politics / Anne L. Clunan 87

5. Collective Identity as an "Emotional Investment Portfolio": An Economic Analogy to a Psychological Process / Tadashi Anno 117

Part 2 Reorienting the Foundations?

6. Against Epistemological Absolutism: Toward a "Pragmatic" Center? / Rudra Sil 145

7. Thresholds in the Evolution of Social Science / Wade L. Huntley 177

8. The Discipline as Disciplinary Normalization: Networks of Research / Timothy W. Luke 207

9. Beyond Boundaries? A Tentative Appraisal / Eileen M. Doherty 231

SUNY series in Global Politics 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791445976

0791445984

OCLC:

42597760