Interpretive quantification : methodological explorations for critical and constructivist IR / J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barkin, J. Samuel, 1965-

Sjoberg, Laura, 1979-

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Research--Methodology.

International relations.

Quantitative research.

Constructivism (Philosophy).

International relations--Research.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Countering the growing divide between positivists who embrace quantitative, numerical approaches and post-positivist scholars who favor qualitative, interpretive approaches, J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg argue that both methods are more widely adaptable than is commonly assumed by either camp. In Interpretive Quantification, ten highly regarded scholars in the field of International Relations apply quantitative methods and formal models to specific constructivist and critical research questions. In this way, each chapter serves not only as evidence that methods can productively be applied across paradigms, but also as a guide as to how this may be done. In sum, the contributors make a compelling case that when researchers cordon off particular methods for merely ideological reasons, they circumscribe their own paradigms and hinder their own research agenda"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : why quantitative methods for constructivist and critical theorizing? / J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg

Measuring critical theories of human rights / Brooke Ackerly, with José Miguel Cruz, Anna Carella, and Bishawjit Mallick

Quantitative methods and constructivist theorizing for conflict studies / Cameron G. Thies

Exploring constitution and social construction through network analysis / Matthew Hoffman

Dimensions of identity construction and the measurement of differences among countries / Paul A. Kowert

Computing narratives : assemblage relations in diplomatic conversations / David Sylvan

Thinking counterfactually and with discipline : agent-based models for constructing and deconstructing the future / Ian S. Lustick

Constructing rational international fisheries governance / J. Samuel Barkin

Theoretical geometry, critical theory, and concept spaces in IR / Laura Sjoberg and Kevin Knudson

Practicing (social-)scientific pluralism / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson

Conclusion : prospects for interpretive quantification / J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472073399

9780472053391

9780472122653

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.7361329

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