Theory and evidence in comparative politics and international relations / edited by Richard Ned Lebow and Mark Irving Lichbach.

Other author Lebow, Richard Ned.
Other author Lichbach, Mark Irving, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descriptionx, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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SeriesNew visions in security
New visions in security. ^A699789
Contents Introduction -- What Can We Know? How Do We Know? / Richard Ned Lebow -- Part I. 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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 -- Part IV. New Directions -- Social Science as Case-Based Diagnostics / Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross Stein & Steven Weber -- Theory and Evidence / Mark Irving Lichbach.
Abstract Contributing authors offer a variety of answers, addressing the purpose and methods of research and analysing concepts, including the relationship of theory and evidence, the changing formulation of neopositivism, and the importance of medicine to social science.
Local noteLittle-359504--305131065185
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
LCCN 2007060712
ISBN9781403974563 (hc)
ISBN140397456X (hc)
ISBN9781403976611 (pbk.)
ISBN1403976619 (pbk.)

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