The Perils of Odysseus
On Constructing Theories of International Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6410341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oran R Young, Oran Young (0000-0003-2463-6735, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 179-203 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010563 |
| OpenAlex | W2328704354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 26 |
Confusion and misconceptions about the state and nature of “theory” have reached monumental proportions in the field of international relations. This situation is debilitating both because it misleads academics and policymakers alike about the contributions that can be made by theorists of international relations and because it operates to set back serious efforts to pursue theory in the field. Accordingly, I write in an effort to cut through some of this confusion and to set the problems of constructing theories about international phenomena in perspective. Specifically, I wish to explicate the following theses in these pages:1
Confusion · Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · International relations · International relations theory · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Positive economics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · State (computer science · Wish · Computer Science · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
The Nordic Transnational Association Network
International Relations Research and World Order Modeling
A genealogy of metatheory in IR
Oran Young and international institutions
Timing is Everything
Forecasting in international relations
The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders
A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy Behavior
Policy Uncertainty in Two-Level Games
A Rational Model of Regional Rivalry
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
The Policy Relevance of Models in World Politics
Alarums and excursions
Regularities, Verification, and Systematization
Deconstructing Methodological Falsificationism in International Relations
Social science and political theory.
Political realism and political idealism.
Political Leadership and Collective Goods
The theory of political coalitions.
Inside Bureaucracy
Conjectures and Refutations
The Structure of Science
The structure of scientific revolutions
A behavioral theory of the firm
Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Readings in Philosophy of the Social Sciences
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Science, Faith and Society
Fights, Games, and Debates
An Economic Theory of Alliances
Social Science and Political Theory
Competition among the Few
Professor Russett
On the study of disarmament and escalation
Strategy and Conscience
"Various Meanings of "Theory
The Economics of Bargaining
Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2016 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |