Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2012년 07월 17일 출간

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Dedicated to the empirical analysis of data from the world of international relations, SSIP scholars tend to focus on interstate conflicts, civil wars, and conflict management. The range of perspectives in this edited volume provide a comprehensive introduction to SSIP theory and methodology.Fresh approach traces intellectual development of research approaches rather than merely summarizing results Features original SSIP material not found in other books Includes a number of essays with a broader assessment of SSIP methods - ideal for younger scholars interested in the approach Includes recent SSIP analyses exploring issues such as civil wars

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Acknowledgments viiAbout the Contributors ixEditors&' Introduction xiiiSara McLaughlin Mitchell, Paul F. Diehl, and James D. MorrowSection I The SSIP Approach 11 The Origins and Evolution of SSIP: How Methods Met Models, with a Short Interlude 3Kelly M. Kadera and Dina Zinnes2 Game Theory and Other Modeling Approaches 23Frank C. Zagare and Branislav L. Slantchev3 Review of Available Data Sets 43Paul R. Hensel4 Teaching the Scientific Study of International Politics 63D. Scott Bennett5 The Interaction of Theory and Data 81James D. MorrowSection II Causes of Interstate and Intrastate War 916 Systemic Theories of Conflict 93Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson7 Territory and Geography 115Jaroslav Tir and John A. Vasquez8 The Quest for Security: Alliances and Arms 135Brett Ashley Leeds and T. Clifton Morgan9 Programmatic Research on the Democratic Peace 151Steve Chan10 Domestic&n-International Conflict Linkages 171Will H. Moore and Ahmer Tarar11 Civil Wars 189Idean Salehyan and Clayton L. Thyne12 The Conduct and Consequences of War 209Alyssa K. Prorok and Paul K. Huth13 The Durability of Peace 233Caroline A. Hartzell and Amy YuenSection III The Future of SSIP 25114 The Past and Future of the Scientific Study of International Politics 253Zeev MaozIndex 271

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저자(글) Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

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Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is Professor of Political Science and Collegiate Scholar at the University of Iowa, USA. Co-director of the Issue Correlates of War Project and associate editor of Foreign Policy Analysis, she has published more than two dozen journal articles and book chapters. She is the author of Domestic Law Goes Global: Legal Traditions and International Courts (with Emilia Justyna Powell, 2011).Paul F. Diehlis Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has held faculty positions at the University of Georgia and SUNY-Albany. His recent books include The Dynamics of International Law(2010), Evaluating Peace Operations (2010), and The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World (2010).James D. Morrow is Professor of Political Science and Research Professor at the University of Michigan, USA. He is the author of The Logic of Political Survival (2003) and Game Theory for Political Scientists (1994), as well as more than 30 articles in refereed journals and numerous other publications.