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Progress in International Relations Theory Appraising the Field

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ISBN-10: 0262550415

ISBN-13: 9780262550413

Edition: 2003

Authors: Colin Elman, Miriam Fendius Elman, Kenneth N. Waltz

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Academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of scholarship and judging which approaches are useful. This text investigates how international relations theorists can equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field.
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List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 522
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

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Foreword: Thoughts about Assaying Theories
Introduction: Appraising Progress in International Relations Theory
Lessons from Lakatos
Applying Lakatos: Judging Theoretical and Empirical Progress in IR Theory
Institutional Theory as a Research Program
The Power Transition Research Program: A Lakatosian Analysis
Liberal International Relations Theory: A Scientific Assessment
A Lakatosian View of the Democratic Peace Research Program
Operational Code Analysis as a Scientific Research Program: A Cautionary Tale
Realism, Neoliberalism, and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate
The Progressiveness of Neoclassical Realism
"Is" and "Ought": Evaluating Empirical Aspects of Normative Research
Commentaries on Lakatos, and Beyond
Explanation and Scientific Progress
Measuring Intra-programmatic Progress
Kuhn vs. Lakatos? The Case for Multiple Frames in Appraising IR Theory
A Lakatosian Reading of Lakatos: What Can We Salvage from the Hard Core?
About the Contributors
Index