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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      13 January 2010
      30 May 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511598678
      9780521461306
      9780521466950
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598678
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.802kg, 488 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.805kg, 488 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Studies in International Relations (41)
      Subjects:
      Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
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    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International Relations (41)
    Subjects:
    Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
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    This book provides a distinctive and rich conception of methodology within international studies. From a rereading of the works of leading Western thinkers about international studies, Hayward Alker rediscovers a 'neo-Classical' conception of international relations which is both humanistic and scientific. He draws on the work of classical authors such as Aristotle and Thucydides; modern writers like Machiavelli, Vico, Marx, Weber, Deutsch and Bull; and post-modern writers like Havel, Connolly and Toulmin. The central challenge addressed is how to integrate 'positivist' or 'falsificationist' research styles within humanistic or interpretive ones. The author argues that appropriate, philosophically informed reformulations of conventional statistical and game-theoretic analyses are possible, and describes a number of humanistic methodologies for international relations, including argumentation analysis, narrative modeling, computational models of political understanding and reconstructive analysis.

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    "Indeed, vicarious voyagers may find the zest and courage that shines through this extraordinary book all the reason they need to venture out on their own." Nicholas Onuf, American Political Science Review

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