Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations

Zeev Maoz is Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Alex Mintz is Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University and Fellow, U.N. Studies, Yale University. T. Clifton Morgan is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Rice University. Glenn Palmer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Penn State University. Richard J. Stoll is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the Social Sciences at Rice University.

• Part 1 Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution: A Conceptual and Methodological IntroductionPart 2 Rational Choice and Game Theoretic ApproachesChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Bargaining and Conflict ManagementChapter 5 Prospects for Conflict Management: A Game-Theoretic AnalysisPart 6 Simulation, Experimentation, and Artificial IntelligenceChapter 7 IntroductionChapter 8 Detecting United States Mediation Styles in the Middle East, 1979-1998Chapter 9 The Role of Mediation in Conflict Management: Conditions for Successful ResolutionChapter 10 An Artificial MediatorPart 11 Quantitative ApproachesChapter 12 IntroductionChapter 13 Resolving Conflicts: Conditions Favoring Negotiated Compromise in Militarized Interstate DisputesChapter 14 Patterns of Conflict Management and Resolution in Enduring RivalriesChapter 15 Mediation and International Conflict Management: A Review and AnalysisPart 16 Case Study ApproachesChapter 17 IntroductionChapter 18 The Management and Resolution of International Conflict in a "Single" Case: American and North Vietnamese Exchanges During the Vietnam WarChapter 19 Crisis Mismanagement or Conflict of Interests?: A Case Study of the Crimean WarPart 20 Multiple Paths to Knowledge?: Integrating Methodology and Substance in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations is a remarkable book that delivers exactly what it promises, insight into how research is done and insight into alternative methods for attacking closely related problems. The contributors, a distinguished and methodologically diverse set of scholars, were given the task of exploring a set of research questions from different methodological perspectives while helping readers understand the choices they made. Each essay is a cutting-edge study of an important aspect of conflict management and conflict resolution. Each essay is crafted to advance our understanding of why, how, and when to use particular methods, and each is a superb tool for teaching graduate students and advanced undergraduates. This book will surely become a mainstay of the international relations curriculum.