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
ISBN-13: 9780521882972; 9780521709507
Subjects: International relations -- Study and teaching.; International relations -- Research.; International relations -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The humean philosophy of causation and its legacies in philosophy of science; title: Controversy over causes in the social sciences; title: Humeanism and rationalist causal analysis in international relations; title: Reflectivist and constructivist approaches in international relations : more cases of humeanism; title: Attempts to move beyond humeanism : strengths and weaknesses; title: Rethinking causation: towards a deeper and broader concept of cause; title: Expanding horizons in world political causal inquiry; title: Reconceptualising causes, reframing the divided discipline.