Progress in international relations theory
Subtitle: appraising the field
By: Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman, editors
Contributors: Elman, Colin; Elman, Miriam Fendius
Series: BCSIA studies in international security
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: International relations -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword : Thoughts about assaying theories / Kenneth N. Waltz; title: Introduction : Appraising progress in international relations theory / Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman; title: Lessons from Lakatos / Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman; title: Institutional theory as a research program / Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin; title: The power transition research program : a Lakatosian analysis / Jonathan M. DiCicco and Jack S. Levy; title: Liberal international relations theory : a scientific assessment / Andrew Moravcsik; title: A Lakatosian view of the democratic peace research program / James Lee Ray; title: Operational code analysis as a scientific research program : a cautionary tale / Stephen G. Walker; title: Realism, neoliberalism, and cooperation : understanding the debate / Robert Jervis; title: The progressiveness of neoclassical realism / Randall L. Schweller; title: "Is" and "ought" : evaluating empirical aspects of normative research / Jack Snyder; title: Explanation and scientific progress / David Dessler; title: Measuring intra-programmatic progress / Roslyn Simowitz; title: Kuhn vs. Lakatos? The case for multiple frames in appraising IR theory / John A. Vasquez; title: A Lakatosian reading of Lakatos : what can we salvage from the hard core? / Andrew Bennett