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Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a
uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in
conflict studies. This volume showcases work informed by four
powerful research tools: rational choice theory and game theory;
simulation, experimentation, and artificial intelligence;
quantitative studies; and case studies. Each research method is
introduced and evaluated for its specific potential, including both
strengths and weaknesses. Throughout, the notable contributors
clearly explain how they choose, frame, and go about answering
questions. While expanding our knowledge of particular conflicts,
from the Crimean War to the Vietnam War to ongoing
Palestinian-Israeli instability, Multiple Paths also furthers our
understanding of how to conduct research in international
relations.
In The Behavioral Origins of War, D. Scott Bennett and Allan C.
Stam analyze systemic, binary, and individual factors in order to
evaluate a wide variety of theories about the origins of war.
Challenging the view that theories of war are nothing more than
competing explanations for observed behavior, this expansive study
incorporates variables from multiple theories and thus accounts for
war's multiplicity of causes. While individual theories offer
partial explanations for international conflict, only a valid set
of theories can provide a complete explanation. Bennett and Stam's
unconventional yet methodical approach opens the way for cumulative
scientific progress in international relations.
D. Scott Bennett is Professor of Political Science at the
Pennsylvania State University. Allan C. Stam is Associate Professor
in the Government Department at Dartmouth College.
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