International Relations and the Methodological Turn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Little (0000-0002-4922-9629, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 463-478 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1991.tb01623.x |
| OpenAlex | W2094855142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
Confusion has arisen in the debate between the advocates of classical and behavioural modes of analysis because epistemological and methodological issues are conflated in the debate. A distinction between logic-in-use and reconstructed logic disentangles these issues and demonstrates that the division between the classical and behavioural approaches cannot be sustained on methodological or epistemological grounds. History and social science cannot be distinguished in terms of either epistemology or methodology but only by the kind of research questions asked. This argument is reinforced by examining the methodological and epistemological posture adopted by Waltz. It is an illusion to imagine that theoretical debates in international relations will be resolved by methodological or epistemological fiat
Argument (complex analysis · Conflation · Confusion · Epistemology · Illusion · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Waltz · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
The English School
Escape both the ‘Thucydides Trap’ and the ‘Churchill Trap’
The Triptych of Realism, Elitism, and Conservatism
Embrace IR Anxieties (or, Morgenthau's Approach to Power, and the Challenge of Combining the Three Domains of IR Theorizing)
International Relations
The logic of inquiry in post-Soviet studies
The Growth of American Political Development
Morgenthau as a Weberian Methodologist
Neorealism and the English School
Reflex to turn
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2024 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |