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Nowhere are clashes between competing ethical perspectives more
prevalent than in the realm of international relations. Thus,
understanding tragedy is directly relevant to understanding IR.
This volume explores the various ways that tragedy can be used as a
lens through which international relations might be brought into
clearer focus.
Nowhere are clashes between competing ethical perspectives more
prevalent than in the realm of International Relations. Thus,
understanding tragedy is directly relevant to understanding IR.
This volume explores the various ways that tragedy can be used as a
lens through which international relations might be brought into
clearer focus.
This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of
political knowledge and social inquiry. What can we know, and how
do we know? Friedrich V. Kratochwil and Ted Hopf question all
foundational claims of inquiry and envisage science as a
self-reflective practice. Brian Pollins and Fred Chernoff accept
their arguments to some degree and explore the implications for
logical positivism. David A. Waldner, Jack Levy, and Andrew
Lawrence address the purpose and methods of research. They debate
the role of explanation versus prediction, the relationship of
theory to evidence, and their implications for the Democratic Peace
research program. A concluding chapter by Mark Lichbach offers a
pluralistic reformulation of neopositivism. An alternative
conclusion by Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross
Stein and Steven Weber contends that social science should be
modeled on medicine and reformulated as a set of case-based
diagnostic tools. The distinguishing feature of the book is the
inclusion of authors who represent different approaches to social
science and their willingness to engage with one another in a
constructive debate.
This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of
political knowledge and social inquiry. What can we know, and how
do we know? Friedrich V. Kratochwil and Ted Hopf question all
foundational claims of inquiry and envisage science as a
self-reflective practice. Brian Pollins and Fred Chernoff accept
their arguments to some degree and explore the implications for
logical positivism. David A. Waldner, Jack Levy, and Andrew
Lawrence address the purpose and methods of research. They debate
the role of explanation versus prediction, the relationship of
theory to evidence, and their implications for the Democratic Peace
research program. A concluding chapter by Mark Lichbach offers a
pluralistic reformulation of neopositivism. An alternative
conclusion by Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross
Stein and Steven Weber contends that social science should be
modeled on medicine and reformulated as a set of case-based
diagnostic tools. The distinguishing feature of the book is the
inclusion of authors who represent different approaches to social
science and their willingness to engage with one another in a
constructive debate.
Although in hindsight the end of the Cold War seems almost inevitable, almost no one saw it coming and there is little consensus over why it ended. A popular interpretation is that the Soviet Union was unable to compete in terms of power, especially in the area of high technology. Another interpretation gives primacy to the new ideas Gorbachev brought to the Kremlin and to the importance of leaders and domestic considerations. In this volume, prominent experts on Soviet affairs and the Cold War interrogate these competing interpretations in the context of five "turning points" in the end of the Cold War process. Relying on new information gathered in oral history interviews and archival research, the authors draw into doubt triumphal interpretation that rely on a single variable like the superior power of the United States and call attention to the importance of how multiple factors combined and were sequenced historically. The volume closes with chapters drawing lessons from the end of the Cold War for both policy making and theory building.
Although in hindsight the end of the Cold War seems almost inevitable, almost no one saw it coming and there is little consensus over why it ended. A popular interpretation is that the Soviet Union was unable to compete in terms of power, especially in the area of high technology. Another interpretation gives primacy to the new ideas Gorbachev brought to the Kremlin and to the importance of leaders and domestic considerations. In this volume, prominent experts on Soviet affairs and the Cold War interrogate these competing interpretations in the context of five "turning points" in the end of the Cold War process. Relying on new information gathered in oral history interviews and archival research, the authors draw into doubt triumphal interpretation that rely on a single variable like the superior power of the United States and call attention to the importance of how multiple factors combined and were sequenced historically. The volume closes with chapters drawing lessons from the end of the Cold War for both policy making and theory building.
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