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Stable Peace Among Nations (Paperback)
Arie M Kacowicz, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Ole Elgstroem, Magnus Jerneck; Foreword by Alexander L. George; Contributions by …
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This book builds on the original conceptualization of stable peace
by Kenneth Boulding and adds contemporary theoretical and empirical
understandings of its nature, causes, conditions, dimensions, and
prospects for consolidation and expansion. In original research,
fifteen international scholars assess the policy relevance of
stable peace for the Middle East peace process and for the future
of Europe.
This book, which examines the leadership styles and decisionmaking
practices of presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton,
reflects the authors interest for over half a century in the impact
of personality on the political behavior of our political leaders.
Its contents range from the story of the Georges collaboration on
their pioneering stud
This book examines the lessons of the U.S.-Soviet experiment with
detente in the 1970s, with particular attention to the effort to
develop a basis for cooperating in crisis prevention. It provides a
reconceptualization of the problem of moderating U.S.-Soviet
rivalry.
"This book sets out ideas on how the international community can
better detect and act on the warning signs of genocide. It is a
timely and welcome contribution to the debate on what may be the
most pressing moral issue of our time." Kofi A. Annan,
Secretary-General of the United Nations "This slim volume is full
of fascinating insights at the intersection of scholarship and
policymaking." Graham Allison, Harvard University Alexander L.
George-a leading light in U.S. foreign affairs-has written a
reflection on what he calls the "puzzles and gaps" he has
discovered in his study and practice of foreign policy over the
past fifty years. In the process, he not only covers his own areas
of expertise- such as his pioneering use of the case study
method-but also manages to outline the major debates and dilemmas
within foreign policy circles that persist to this day. Also
included is a preview of new work on genocide and early warning
that Alex George is developing with David A. Hamburg, former
president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
This book examines the lessons of the U.S.-Soviet experiment with
detente in the 1970s, with particular attention to the effort to
develop a basis for cooperating in crisis prevention.- The authors,
less concerned with who was to blame for the failure of dA (c)tente
than with understanding the flaws in its conceptualization and
implementation, have joined efforts to analyze the difficulties the
two superpowers experienced in their attempt to avoid dangerous
confrontations and crises that would damage the overall detente
relationship. The book includes case studies of several Middle East
conflicts, the Angolan crisis of 1975, the Rhodesian conflict, the
Ogaden war of 1977-1978, the abortive U.S.-Soviet talks on
limitation of conventional arms transfers to third areas, and the
Soviet combat brigade in Cuba. It also provides an analysis of
preventive diplomacy as a strategy for mediating third-area
conflicts and avoiding superpower confrontations and offers
guidelines for reshaping U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and
for moderating competition for influence in the Third World.
This book, which examines the leadership styles and decisionmaking
practices of presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton,
reflects the authors interest for over half a century in the impact
of personality on the political behavior of our political leaders.
Its contents range from the story of the Georges collaboration on
their pioneering stud
In today's "trial by media" election campaigns, do you have to be
crazy to run for higher office? Looking back over the past 25
years, Stanley Renshon provides the first comprehensive account of
how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential
campaigns. He traces two related but distinctive approaches to a
candidate's psychology: mental health and character. Drawing on his
clinical and political science training, Renshon has devised a
theory which will allow the public to better evaluate the personal
and leadership qualities of presidential candidates.
Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon explores how
the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns.
Drawing on his clinical and political science training, Renshon has
devised a theory which allows the public to evaluate the qualities
of presidential candidates.
"This book sets out ideas on how the international community can
better detect and act on the warning signs of genocide. It is a
timely and welcome contribution to the debate on what may be the
most pressing moral issue of our time." Kofi A. Annan,
Secretary-General of the United Nations "This slim volume is full
of fascinating insights at the intersection of scholarship and
policymaking." Graham Allison, Harvard University Alexander L.
George-a leading light in U.S. foreign affairs-has written a
reflection on what he calls the "puzzles and gaps" he has
discovered in his study and practice of foreign policy over the
past fifty years. In the process, he not only covers his own areas
of expertise- such as his pioneering use of the case study
method-but also manages to outline the major debates and dilemmas
within foreign policy circles that persist to this day. Also
included is a preview of new work on genocide and early warning
that Alex George is developing with David A. Hamburg, former
president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Winner of the 2006 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, given by the
American Political Science Association's Qualitative Methods
Section. The use of case studies to build and test theories in
political science and the other social sciences has increased in
recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences
rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and
thus have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for
using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of
research methods using case studies and examines the place of case
studies in social science methodology. It argues that case studies,
statistical methods, and formal models are complementary rather
than competitive. The book explains how to design case study
research that will produce results useful to policymakers and it
emphasizes the importance of developing policy-relevant theories.
It offers three major contributions to case study methodology: an
emphasis on the importance of within-case analysis, a detailed
discussion of process tracing, and development of the concept of
typological theories. "Case Studies and Theory Development in the
Social Sciences" will be particularly useful to graduate students
and scholars in social science methodology and the philosophy of
science, as well as to those designing new research projects, and
will contribute greatly to the broader debate about scientific
methods.
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