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International Theory To the Brink and Beyond

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By Andrew P. Dunne

Foreword by Morton A. Kaplan

ISBN: 0-313-30078-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30078-3

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224 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/30/1996

List Price: $108.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Political Science

Series Number: 378

Description: This pathmaking treatise on macrotheoretical science argues that a brink separates an explanatory theory of international politics from those approaches that lack basic standards for theoretical construction--a brink which must be bridged if the discipline is to develop. Formulated on the basis of a pragmatic philosophy of science, its most general arguments cross the boundaries of the social sciences, including the standard subdisciplinary boundaries of international relations. Although the substantive theories in the book tend to be about systems usually characterized as power politics, the basic approach and categories could be used to analyze systems of international political economy, international organization, or comparative politics.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Basic Standards in International Theory
To the Brink...
Orienting Principles
Investigative Frameworks
Anarchy
Paying the Piper: Applied Theory
...and Beyond
Macrotheory: Levels, Embedment, and Reason
Applied International Macrotheory
Basic Analytical Macrotheory
A Note on the Use of Lanchester Equations
On the Meaning of "Conditions"
References
Index

LC Card Number: 96-18227

LCC Class: JX1395

Dewey Class: 327


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