Progress in International Relations Theory
Subtitle: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
Contributors: Kenneth N. Waltz (Foreword, Editor); Colin Elman (Editor); Miriam Fendius Elman (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: January 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780262050685
Subjects: International relations; Political science & theory; International Relations Theory; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Americas (North Central South West Indies); International Relations - General; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History & Theory - General; Methodology
First sentence: This book investigates how international relations (IR) theorists can equip themselves to determine whether the subfield's work is getting any better; that is, whether it is progressive in the sense of providing cumulative knowledge about hitherto unexplained phenomena.