Explanation and progress in security studies : bridging paradigm divides in international relations /
Explanation and Progress in Security Studies asks why Security Studies, as a central area of International Relations, has not experienced scientific progress in the way natural sciences have--and answers by arguing that the underlying reason is that scholars in Security Studies have advanced a range...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Traditions of explanation and the idea of "scientific progress"
- Explanation in the natural and social sciences
- The nuclear proliferation debate : why do states build nuclear weapons?
- The balance of power debate : why do states form alliances?
- The democratic peace debate : why do democracies act the way they do?
- Analysis, alternatives, conclusion.