Rediscoveries and Reformulations: Humanistic Methodologies for International Studies - Couverture rigide

Alker, Hayward R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521461308 ISBN 13 : 9780521461306

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this book Hayward Alker presents his principal methodological 'rediscoveries'.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides a distinctive and rich conception of methodology within international studies. From a rereading of the works of leading Western thinkers about international studies, Hayward Alker rediscovers a 'neo-Classical' conception of international relations which is both humanistic and scientific. He draws on the work of classical authors such as Aristotle and Thucydides; modern writers like Machiavelli, Vico, Marx, Weber, Deutsch and Bull; and post-modern writers like Havel, Connolly and Toulmin. The central challenge addressed is how to integrate 'positivist' or 'falsificationist' research styles within humanistic or interpretive ones. The author argues that appropriate, philosophically informed reformulations of conventional statistical and game-theoretic analyses are possible, and describes a number of humanistic methodologies for international relations, including argumentation analysis, narrative modeling, computational models of political understanding and reconstructive analysis.

Revue de presse

"Indeed, vicarious voyagers may find the zest and courage that shines through this extraordinary book all the reason they need to venture out on their own." Nicholas Onuf, American Political Science Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521461308
• ISBN 13: 9780521461306
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie