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Drawing together international experts on research methods in
International Relations (IR), this Handbook answers the complex
practical questions for those approaching a new research topic for
the first time. Innovative in its approach, it considers the art of
IR research as well as the science, offering diverse perspectives
on current research methods and emerging developments in the field.
Empirical chapters are split into five distinct parts guiding the
reader through the research process, covering the key topics
including scope and methods, concepts, data and techniques and
tools and applications. Highlighting the wide-ranging differences
in the topic, the illustrative case studies and research models
also provide guidance on how and when to use these tools, including
how to evaluate research at the start and end of projects.
Furthermore, it examines how to publish research and provides
advice on how to manage a research team. This informative read will
provide an excellent resource for established researchers taking on
new projects, rethinking their approach to IR or those interested
in learning new methods. Students and scholars of international
politics and public policy as well as social scientists will also
find this illuminating and instructive.
Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars,
this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of
China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a
democratic state. Examining an array of factors that affect
identity formation, the authors consider the influence of the rapid
military and economic rise of China on Taiwan's identity. Their
assessment offers valuable insights into which policies have the
best chance of resulting in peaceful relations and prosperity
across the Taiwan Strait and builds a new theory of identity at
elite and mass levels. It also possesses implications for the
United States-led world order and today's most critical great power
competition.
This edited volume offers a systematic evaluation of how knowledge
is produced by scholarly research into International Relations. The
contributors explore three key questions: To what extent is
scientific progress and accumulation of knowledge possible? What
are the different accounts of how this process takes place? And
what are the dominant critiques of these understandings? It is the
first publication to survey the full range of perspectives
available for evaluating scientific progress as well as dominant
critiques of scientism. In its second part, the volume applies this
range of perspectives to the research program on the democratic
peace. It shows what we gain by accommodating and enabling dialogue
among the full range of epistemological approaches. The
contributors elaborate and defend the epistemological position of
sociable pluralism as one that seeks to build bridges between soft
positivism, critical theory, and critical realism. The underlying
idea is that if the differences between the various approaches used
by different communities of researchers can be understood more
clearly, this will facilitate meaningful cross-cutting
communication, dialogue, and debate and thereby enable us to
address real-world problems more effectively. This timely and
original work will be of great interest to advanced-level students
and scholars dealing with philosophy of science and methodological
questions in International Relations.
Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars,
this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of
China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a
democratic state. Examining an array of factors that affect
identity formation, the authors consider the influence of the rapid
military and economic rise of China on Taiwan's identity. Their
assessment offers valuable insights into which policies have the
best chance of resulting in peaceful relations and prosperity
across the Taiwan Strait and builds a new theory of identity at
elite and mass levels. It also possesses implications for the
United States-led world order and today's most critical great power
competition.
This international, edited collection brings together personal
accounts from researchers working in and on conflict and explores
the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and
positionality within the process of doing research, as well as the
complexity of methodological choices. It highlights the
researchers' own subjectivity and presents a nuanced view of
conflict research that goes beyond the 'messiness' inherent in the
process of research in and on violence. It addresses the
uncomfortable spaces of conflict research, the potential for
violence of research itself and the need for deeper reflection on
these issues. This powerful book opens up spaces for new
conversations about the realities of conflict research. These
critical self-reflections and honest accounts provide important
insights for any scholar or practitioner working in similar
environments.
During the Second World War, Air Commodore Waltby is flying to
Allied Command Headquarters with an attaché case packed with
information that could stave off an invasion by Germany.
Unfortunately, his plane is shot down and he and three colleagues
are left drifting in a lifeboat in the North Sea - with the vital
intelligence reports still not in the hands of Allied Command. As
the Allied authorities direct the search, the four men are edging
closer to death and the Germans are planning their assault.
This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on
multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international
relations and conflict. The expansion of knowledge across
disciplines and the increasingly blurred boundaries in the real
world both enable and demand thinking across intellectual borders.
While multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are prominent buzz
words, remarkably few books advance them. Yet doing so can sharpen
and expand our perspective on academic and real world issues and
problems. This book offers the most comprehensive treatment to date
and is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and
practitioners.
This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on
multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international
relations and conflict. The expansion of knowledge across
disciplines and the increasingly blurred boundaries in the real
world both enable and demand thinking across intellectual borders.
While multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are prominent buzz
words, remarkably few books advance them. Yet doing so can sharpen
and expand our perspective on academic and real world issues and
problems. This book offers the most comprehensive treatment to date
and is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and
practitioners.
This edited volume offers a systematic evaluation of how knowledge
is produced by scholarly research into International Relations. The
contributors explore three key questions: To what extent is
scientific progress and accumulation of knowledge possible? What
are the different accounts of how this process takes place? And
what are the dominant critiques of these understandings? It is the
first publication to survey the full range of perspectives
available for evaluating scientific progress as well as dominant
critiques of scientism. In its second part, the volume applies this
range of perspectives to the research program on the democratic
peace. It shows what we gain by accommodating and enabling dialogue
among the full range of epistemological approaches. The
contributors elaborate and defend the epistemological position of
sociable pluralism as one that seeks to build bridges between soft
positivism, critical theory, and critical realism. The underlying
idea is that if the differences between the various approaches used
by different communities of researchers can be understood more
clearly, this will facilitate meaningful cross-cutting
communication, dialogue, and debate and thereby enable us to
address real-world problems more effectively. This timely and
original work will be of great interest to advanced-level students
and scholars dealing with philosophy of science and methodological
questions in International Relations.
Greek Scripture Journal: 1-3 John contains the text of The Greek
New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge with added
space for notes in the margins and between each line, offering a
unique way to interact with this New Testament book in its original
language.
Since December 2010, a series of uprisings, revolutions, coups and
civil wars have shaken up the Middle East and North Africa region.
In this chaotic political environment, several countries have been
trying to influence this regional transformation. The implications
of this transformation are of great importance for the region, its
people and global politics. Using a rich combination of primary and
secondary sources, elite interviews and content analysis, Yasemin
Akbaba and OEzgur OEzdamar apply role theory to analyze ideational
(e.g. identity, religion) and material (e.g. security, economy)
sources of national role conceptions in Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia
and Turkey. The authors take a closer look at the transformation of
these four powers' foreign policies since the beginning of Arab
uprisings, with a specific focus on religion. Each case study is
written to a common template allowing for clear comparative
analyses. Written in a clear and accessible style, Role Theory in
the Middle East and North Africa offers a thought provoking and
pioneering insight into the usefulness of role theory in foreign
policy making in the developing world. The perfect combination of
theoretically oriented and empirically rich analysis make this
volume an ideal resource for scholars and researchers of
International Relations, Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics and
International Security.
Realism is one of the core theories within the field of
international relations, and it generally posits a state system
characterized by anarchy where states act in what they perceive to
be their own self interests. It is a controversial theory, and it
has many opponents. Yet effective debate among realists and those
who identify with other schools of thought has diminished
dramatically over time. As Patrick James argues in Realism and
International Relations, scholars in the field have become
dissatisfied with results from exchanges in words alone. He
contends that translation of the vast amount of information in the
field into knowledge requires a greater emphasis on communication
beyond the use of text. Given the challenges posed by existing and
intensifying information overload, he develops a new model that
relies on the graphic representation of analytical arguments. As
James explains, realist scholarship in the post-World War II era is
the natural domain for the application of systemism, a graphic form
of expression with straightforward rules for portrayal of
analytical arguments, notably cause and effect within theories.
Systemism goes beyond prior iterations of systems theory to offer a
visualization technique borrowed and adapted from the philosophy of
science. Systemist graphics reveal the shortcomings, contributions
and potential of realism. These visualizations, which focus on
realist theories about war, are intended to bring order out of what
critics tend to describe, with some justification, as chaos. In
sum, a graphic turn for realism in particular and international
relations in general is essential in order to achieve the
scientific progress that otherwise is likely to remain elusive. A
major theoretical work by an eminent scholar, this will be of
interest to all theorists focusing how the international system of
states actually functions.
This international, edited collection brings together personal
accounts from researchers working in and on conflict and explores
the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and
positionality within the process of doing research, as well as the
complexity of methodological choices. It highlights the
researchers' own subjectivity and presents a nuanced view of
conflict research that goes beyond the 'messiness' inherent in the
process of research in and on violence. It addresses the
uncomfortable spaces of conflict research, the potential for
violence of research itself and the need for deeper reflection on
these issues. This powerful book opens up spaces for new
conversations about the realities of conflict research. These
critical self-reflections and honest accounts provide important
insights for any scholar or practitioner working in similar
environments.
What social factors contribute to the tragic state of health care
in Africa? Focusing on East African societies, this book is the
first to investigate what role religion plays in health care in
African cultures. Taking into account the geopolitical and economic
environments of the region, the authors examine the roles played by
individual and group beliefs, government policies, and pressure
from the Millennium Development Goals in affecting health outcomes.
Informed by existing related studies, and on-the-ground interviews
with individuals and organizations in Uganda, Mozambique and
Ethiopia, this interdisciplinary book will form an invaluable
resource for scholars seeking to better understand the links
between society, multi-level state instruments, and health care in
East Africa.
Since December 2010, a series of uprisings, revolutions, coups and
civil wars have shaken up the Middle East and North Africa region.
In this chaotic political environment, several countries have been
trying to influence this regional transformation. The implications
of this transformation are of great importance for the region, its
people and global politics. Using a rich combination of primary and
secondary sources, elite interviews and content analysis, Yasemin
Akbaba and OEzgur OEzdamar apply role theory to analyze ideational
(e.g. identity, religion) and material (e.g. security, economy)
sources of national role conceptions in Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia
and Turkey. The authors take a closer look at the transformation of
these four powers' foreign policies since the beginning of Arab
uprisings, with a specific focus on religion. Each case study is
written to a common template allowing for clear comparative
analyses. Written in a clear and accessible style, Role Theory in
the Middle East and North Africa offers a thought provoking and
pioneering insight into the usefulness of role theory in foreign
policy making in the developing world. The perfect combination of
theoretically oriented and empirically rich analysis make this
volume an ideal resource for scholars and researchers of
International Relations, Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics and
International Security.
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