Milja Kurki

Causation in International Relations

Reclaiming Causal Analysis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Proposes a new approach to causal analysis in international relations by exploring the concept's roots and uses in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882972
• ISBN-10: 0521882974
• Artikelnr.: 23543000

Autorenporträt

Milja Kurki is a lecturer in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Her research on the concept of cause in international relations theory has been awarded prizes by the British International Studies Association and the Political Studies Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the problem of causation and the divided discipline of
international relations; Part I. The Humean Philosophy of Causation and its
Legacies: 1. The Humean philosophy of causation and its legacies in
philosophy of science; 2. Controversy over causes in the social sciences;
3. Humeanism and rationalist causal analysis in international relations; 4.
Reflectivist and constructivist approaches in international relations: more
cases of Humeanism; Part II. Rethinking the Concept of Cause: 5. Attempts
to move beyond Humeanism: strengths and weaknesses; 6. Rethinking
causation: towards a deeper and broader concept of cause; Part III.
Reconfiguring Causal Analysis of World Politics: 7. Expanding horizons in
world political causal inquiry; 8. Reconceptualising causes, reframing the
divided discipline.