The Quest for Knowledge in International Relations

How Do We Know?

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AvRichard Ned Lebow,New Hampshire) Lebow, Richard Ned (Dartmouth College,Richard Ned LeBow

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What do we mean by theory in international relations? What kinds of knowledge do theories seek? How do they stipulate it is found? How should we evaluate any resulting knowledge claims? What do answers to these questions tell us about the theory project in IR, and in the social sciences more generally? Lebow explores these questions in a critical evaluation of the positivist and interpretivist epistemologies. He identifies tensions and problems specific to each epistemology, and some shared by both, and suggests possible responses. By exploring the relationship between the foundations of theories and the empirical assumptions they encode, Lebow's analysis enables readers to examine in greater depth the different approaches to theory and their related research strategies. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations theory and philosophy of social science.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-14
Mått157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt508 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor254
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009098922

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Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory at King's College, London. He is author or co-author of more than 40 scholarly books addressing international relations, comparative politics, political theory, political psychology, history, classics, and philosophy of science. Among his recent books are The Rise and Fall of Political Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Reason and Cause: Social Science in a Social World (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is knowledge?; 3. Positivism and interpretivism; 4. Positivism: Correlational research; 5. Positivism: Experiments; 6. Positivism: Rationalism; 7. Interpretivism: Causal narratives; 8. Interpretivism: Practice turn; 9. Counterfactuals; 10. Verification vs. Falsification; 11. Causal and non-causal narratives; 12. Reason; 13. Cause; 14. The causal paradox; 15. Mechanisms; 16. International relations as an ethical practice.

'Lebow offers an impressively grand tour of important debates and distinctions in IR, seasoned with his own eyewitness accounts as a participant in many of the discussions he surveys. He also doubles down on the the project of defining and pulling together a relatively coherent 'interpretivist' approach to juxtapose to a 'positivist' canon. Does the campaign succeed? Read the book and judge for yourself!' Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University

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