1st Edition
The Power of International Theory Reforging the Link to Foreign Policy-Making through Scientific Enquiry
By Fred Chernoff
Copyright 2005
268 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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This new study challenges how we think about international relations, presenting an analysis of current trends and insights into new directions.
It shows how the discipline of international relations was created with a purpose of helping policy makers to build a more peaceful and just world. However, many of the current trends - post-positivism, constructivism, reflectivism, and post-modernism... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Policy-making, prediction and the theory of international behaviour; Chapter 2 Social science, naturalism and scientific realism; Chapter 3 Theory, observation and law; Chapter 4 Natural causation, social action and international politics; Chapter 5 Prediction, theory and policy-making; Chapter 6 Explaining agreement and disagreement in the natural sciences and social sciences; Chapter 7 Conclusions;
Biography
Fred Chernoff is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program in International Relations at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Political Science from Yale University. He is also the author of After Bipolarity.
