On Different Types of International Relations Scholarship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10150933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Chan (0000-0001-9536-8315, University of Colorado System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 747-756 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343302039006006 |
| OpenAlex | W2117702141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
International relations features different types of scholarship. These types are metaphor, history, theory, engineering, and pattern recognition. This essay discusses the nature and contribution of each type as research characteristic of these different undertakings shows substantial overtime continuity in attracting varying attention from identifiable communities. It also raises several concerns about the extant literature. These concerns address the problems of endogeneity, selection effects, concept stretching, over-determination and indeterminacy, multiple conjunctural causality, and falsifiable proposition. Although hardly representing novel discoveries, they present generic and seemingly persistent challenges to valid inference. While not irrelevant to the conduct of social inquiry in general, this review addresses specifically international relations scholarship
Causality (physics · Data science · Econometrics · Economics · Endogeneity · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Falsifiability · Indeterminacy (philosophy · Inference · International relations · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Proposition · Scholarship · Sociology · Typology · Computer Science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
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International Law, International Relations and Compliance
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Essence of Decision
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Inquiry, Logic, and International Politics
Theory and Policy in International Relations
Handbook of International Relations
International Organization
Democracies at War
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The Comparative Method
The Logic of Collective Action
Selection Effects and Deterrence
A Methodological Critique of a Test of the Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field
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International human rights
The Long Peace
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Normative and Structural Causes of Democratic Peace, 1946-1986
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2021 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |