Frank Harvey
Biographic Data
| ID | 588204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Harvey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Harvey |
| SIGNATURE | HARVEY F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University, Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
What If” History Matters? Comparative Counterfactual Analysis and Policy Relevance
Developing strong, policy-relevant causal explanations for major events in world politics often requires identification and rejection of weak counterfactual claims. Poorly constructed counterfactual arguments reveal serious deficiencies that undercut the necessary condition theories from which they are derived. Stronger explanations of historical events emerge when these weaknesses are weighed against the strengths of competing counterfactuals. C…
Closing Borders and Opening Debate
David Jones begins his position paper (Open borders and closing threats) with a perfectly reasonable question: Where do we draw the line on the adage that 'Good fences make good neighbours?' He then asks, Do longer, higher, barbed-wire, electrified, security-patrolled, and access-controlled fences make for still better neighbours? His answer to this important question can be summed as follows: Who cares! We're doing it anyway.Instead of addressin…
Dreamland
Multiple Dialogues, Layered Syntheses, and the Limits of Expansive Cumulation
Our contribution to this forum will focus on four observations about dialogue and synthesis in international relations. (1) Meaningful discussion of these and related issues will remain elusive if we continue to focus exclusively on the broadest level of analysis. There are multiple layers to orientations in the study of world politics that when combined produce irresolvable debates within epistemic and theoretical communities, making synthesis v…
Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies
Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies represents a unique collection of original essays by foremost scholars in the field of International Studies. Six essays advocate, critique, or revise Realism, the theoretical paradigm that explains international politics by emphasizing security competition and war among states. The remaining four essays address Institutionalism, the paradigm that offers explanations for the formation, mainten…
Conceptualizing and Measuring Conflict Management Success
Using Force to Prevent Violence
Conflict in World Politics
S.J.Brams & J.M.Togman - Appendix: Survey of War Literature by Category - Bibliography - Index
Regional Conflicts
Deterrence and ethnic conflict
Nuclear Deterrence Theory
One of the most controversial subjects among students of international politics is the role of rational choice in deterrence. Disagreement is especially intense regarding application to the nuclear setting. Progress in that debate depends on identifying evidence appropriate for testing a wide range of propositions. The overall purpose of this review is to assess the record of aggregate evaluation in order to obtain guidance for further research. …
The Most Dangerous Game
Crises involving the superpowers as adversaries pose a serious threat to the survival of the global system. The present investigation will focus on patterns of response when one superpower is faced with a crisis resulting from a threat attributed to the other. The objective is to determine which among several strategic options characterizes superpower reactions. With that priority in mind, there will be four stages to the inquiry. First, several …
Threat Escalation and Crisis Stability
Using a modified version of Chicken, referred to as the Threat Game, Brams and Kilgour have developed a theoretical model of threat escalation and stability in superpower crises. More specifically, they derive explicit thresholds for sufficient pre-emption to stabilize a crisis before it escalates out of control. An appropriate degree of coercion thereby is designated for the response to an adversary, in order to deter further escalation. The ove…
The Anthropology of Space
The Anthropology of Space
Anthropology of Space
The Most Dangerous Game
Crises involving the superpowers as adversaries pose a serious threat to the survival of the global system. The present investigation will focus on patterns of response when one superpower is faced with a crisis resulting from a threat attributed to the other. The objective is to determine which among several strategic options characterizes superpower reactions. With that priority in mind, there will be four stages to the inquiry. First, several …
Threat Escalation and Crisis Stability
Using a modified version of Chicken, referred to as the Threat Game, Brams and Kilgour have developed a theoretical model of threat escalation and stability in superpower crises. More specifically, they derive explicit thresholds for sufficient pre-emption to stabilize a crisis before it escalates out of control. An appropriate degree of coercion thereby is designated for the response to an adversary, in order to deter further escalation. The ove…
The Anthropology of Space
What If” History Matters? Comparative Counterfactual Analysis and Policy Relevance
Developing strong, policy-relevant causal explanations for major events in world politics often requires identification and rejection of weak counterfactual claims. Poorly constructed counterfactual arguments reveal serious deficiencies that undercut the necessary condition theories from which they are derived. Stronger explanations of historical events emerge when these weaknesses are weighed against the strengths of competing counterfactuals. C…
Deterrence and ethnic conflict
Nuclear Deterrence Theory
One of the most controversial subjects among students of international politics is the role of rational choice in deterrence. Disagreement is especially intense regarding application to the nuclear setting. Progress in that debate depends on identifying evidence appropriate for testing a wide range of propositions. The overall purpose of this review is to assess the record of aggregate evaluation in order to obtain guidance for further research. …
Multiple Dialogues, Layered Syntheses, and the Limits of Expansive Cumulation
Our contribution to this forum will focus on four observations about dialogue and synthesis in international relations. (1) Meaningful discussion of these and related issues will remain elusive if we continue to focus exclusively on the broadest level of analysis. There are multiple layers to orientations in the study of world politics that when combined produce irresolvable debates within epistemic and theoretical communities, making synthesis v…
Dreamland
Conflict in World Politics
S.J.Brams & J.M.Togman - Appendix: Survey of War Literature by Category - Bibliography - Index
The Anthropology of Space
The Anthropology of Space
Anthropology of Space
Threat Escalation and Crisis Stability
Using a modified version of Chicken, referred to as the Threat Game, Brams and Kilgour have developed a theoretical model of threat escalation and stability in superpower crises. More specifically, they derive explicit thresholds for sufficient pre-emption to stabilize a crisis before it escalates out of control. An appropriate degree of coercion thereby is designated for the response to an adversary, in order to deter further escalation. The ove…
Nuclear Deterrence Theory
One of the most controversial subjects among students of international politics is the role of rational choice in deterrence. Disagreement is especially intense regarding application to the nuclear setting. Progress in that debate depends on identifying evidence appropriate for testing a wide range of propositions. The overall purpose of this review is to assess the record of aggregate evaluation in order to obtain guidance for further research. …
The Most Dangerous Game
Crises involving the superpowers as adversaries pose a serious threat to the survival of the global system. The present investigation will focus on patterns of response when one superpower is faced with a crisis resulting from a threat attributed to the other. The objective is to determine which among several strategic options characterizes superpower reactions. With that priority in mind, there will be four stages to the inquiry. First, several …
Regional Conflicts
Deterrence and ethnic conflict
Conflict in World Politics
S.J.Brams & J.M.Togman - Appendix: Survey of War Literature by Category - Bibliography - Index
Using Force to Prevent Violence
Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies
Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies represents a unique collection of original essays by foremost scholars in the field of International Studies. Six essays advocate, critique, or revise Realism, the theoretical paradigm that explains international politics by emphasizing security competition and war among states. The remaining four essays address Institutionalism, the paradigm that offers explanations for the formation, mainten…
Conceptualizing and Measuring Conflict Management Success
Multiple Dialogues, Layered Syntheses, and the Limits of Expansive Cumulation
Our contribution to this forum will focus on four observations about dialogue and synthesis in international relations. (1) Meaningful discussion of these and related issues will remain elusive if we continue to focus exclusively on the broadest level of analysis. There are multiple layers to orientations in the study of world politics that when combined produce irresolvable debates within epistemic and theoretical communities, making synthesis v…
Dreamland
Closing Borders and Opening Debate
David Jones begins his position paper (Open borders and closing threats) with a perfectly reasonable question: Where do we draw the line on the adage that 'Good fences make good neighbours?' He then asks, Do longer, higher, barbed-wire, electrified, security-patrolled, and access-controlled fences make for still better neighbours? His answer to this important question can be summed as follows: Who cares! We're doing it anyway.Instead of addressin…
What If” History Matters? Comparative Counterfactual Analysis and Policy Relevance
Developing strong, policy-relevant causal explanations for major events in world politics often requires identification and rejection of weak counterfactual claims. Poorly constructed counterfactual arguments reveal serious deficiencies that undercut the necessary condition theories from which they are derived. Stronger explanations of historical events emerge when these weaknesses are weighed against the strengths of competing counterfactuals. C…
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