New Directions for International Relations Confronting the Method-of-Analysis Problem

by Mintz, Alex; Russett, Bruce; Jr, Karl DeRouen; Ghobarah, Hazem Adam; Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede; Goldfinch, Shaun; Howell, William; Huth, Paul; Kuperman, Ranan D.; Leeds, Brett Ashley; Maoz, Zeev; Pevehouse, Jon; Russett, Bruce; Smith, Alastair; Stam, All

• ISBN13: 9780739108482
• ISBN10: 0739108484
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-11
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Why does the academic study of international relations have limited impact on the policy community? In New Directions for International Relations, Mintz and Russett identify differences in methods of analysis as one cause of problematic, unreliable results. They discuss the problem and set the stage for nine chapters by diverse scholars to demonstrate innovative new developments in IR theory and creative new methods that can lay the basis for greater consensus.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 The Method-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations	3	(18)
Alex Mintz
2 Four Methods and Five Revolutions	21	(14)
Bruce Russett
PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS
3 International Relations: A Network Approach	35	(30)
Zeev Maoz, Lesley G. Terris, Ranan D. Kuperman, and Ilan Talmud
4 Visualization in International Relations	65	(27)
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael D. Ward
5 The Postwar Public Health Effects of Civil Conflict	92	(25)
Hazem Adam Ghobarah, Paul Huth, and Bruce Russett
6 Alliances and the Expansion and Escalation of Militarized Interstate Disputes	117	(18)
Brett Ashley Leeds
7 Separation of Powers, Lawmaking, and the Use of Military Force	135	(23)
William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse
8 Democracies Prefer to Negotiate: Institutionalized Democracy, Diversion, and Statecraft during International Crises	158	(21)
Karl DeRouen Jr. and Shaun Goldfinch
9 When Likely Losers Choose War	179	(20)
Alastair Smith and Allan C. Stam
10 Enforcing Peace: Suppressing Extremists without Losing the Moderates	199	(24)
Suzanne Werner and Amy Yuen
11 Are Leaders Susceptible to Negative Political Advice? An Experimental Study of High-Ranking Military Officers	223	(16)
Alex Mintz
Bibliography	239	(30)
Index	269	(8)
About the Contributors	277