Evaluating methodology in international studies / edited by Frank P. Harvey and Michael Brecher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brecher, Michael.

Harvey, Frank P.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Millennial reflections on international studies.

Millennial reflections on international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Research--Methodology.

International relations.

International relations--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Evaluating Methodology in International Studies offers a unique collection of original essays by world-renowned political scientists. The essays address the state of the discipline in regard to the methodology of researching global politics, focusing in particular on formal modeling, quantitative methods, and qualitative approaches in International Studies. The authors reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of current methodology and suggest ways to advance theory and research in International Studies. This volume is essential reading for methods courses and will be of interest to scholars and students alike. See table of contents and excerpts. Frank P. Harvey is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. Michael Brecher is the R.B. Angus Professor of Political Science at McGill University and past president of the International Studies Association. Millennial Reflections on International Studies This volume is part of the Millennial Reflections on International Studies project in which forty-five prominent scholars engage in self-critical, state-of-the-art reflection on international studies to stimulate debates about successes and failures and to address the larger questions of progress in the discipline. Other paperbacks from this project: Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies Conflict, Security, Foreign Policy, and International Political Economy: Past Paths and Future Directions in International Studies Critical Perspectives in International Studies The full collection of essays is available in the handbook Millennial Reflections on International Studies.

Contents:

CONTENTS; The Essence of Millennial Reflections on International Studies: Methodology; Methodology; Formal Methods in International Relations; Cumulation, Synthesis, and Research Design for the Post-Fourth Wave; Accomplishments and Limitations of a Game-Theoretic Approach to International Relations; Game Theory in Practice: Problems and Prospects in Applying It to International Relations; Reflections on Quantitative International Politics; Reflections on Millennia, Old and New: The Evolutionand Role of Quantitative Approaches to the Study of International Politics

Quantitative International Politics and Its Critics: Then and NowQualitative Methods in International Relations; Case Study Methodology in International Studies: From Storytelling to Hypothesis Testing; Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-44454-9

9786612444548

0-472-02366-7

OCLC:

824100064