Theory and evidence in comparative politics and international relations
ed. by Richard Ned Lebow
Bok · Engelsk · 2007
| Medvirkende | Lichbach, Mark Irving (ed.)
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| Utgitt | New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2007
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| Omfang | 290s.
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| Opplysninger | This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of political knowledge and social inquiry: what can we know, and how do we know? Contributing authors offer answers, addressing the purpose and methods of research and analyzing concepts, including the relationship of theory and evidence and the importance of medicine to social science.. - Introduction * What Can We Know? How Do We Know? - Richard Ned Lebow * Foundational Claims * Evidence, Inference, and Truth as Problems of Theory Building in the Social Sciences - Friedrich V. Kratochwil * The Limits of Interpreting Evidence - Ted Hopf * The Product of Inquiry * Beyond Logical Positivism: Reframing King, Keohane, and Verba - Brian Pollins * Methodological Pluralism and the Limits of Naturalism in the Study of Politics - Fred Chernoff * The Purpose and Methods of Research * Transforming Inferences into Explanations: Lessons from the Study of Mass Extinctions - David A. Waldner * Theory, Evidence, and Politics in the Evolution of International Relations Research Programs - Jack S. Levy * Peace of Imperial Method?: Skeptical Inquiries into Ambiguous Evidence for the "Democratic Peace" - Andrew Lawrence * New Directions * Social Science as Case-Based Diagnostics - Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross Stein & Steven Weber * Theory and Evidence - Mark Irving Lichbach
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| ISBN | 978-1-4039-7456-3
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