Causation in international relations
Subtitle: reclaiming causal analysis
By: Milja Kurki.
Series: Cambridge studies in international relations -- 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780521882972; 9780521709507
Subjects: International relations -- Study and teaching.; International relations -- Research.; International relations -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-339) and index.
Table of contents: value: The Humean philosophy of causation and its legacies in philosophy of science; value: Controversy over causes in the social sciences; value: Humeanism and rationalist causal analysis in international relations; value: Reflectivist and constructivist approaches in international relations : more cases of Humeanism; value: Attempts to move beyond Humeanism : strengths and weaknesses; value: Rethinking causation : towards a deeper and broader concept of cause; value: Expanding horizons in world political causal inquiry; value: Reconceptualising causes, reframing the divided discipline.