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Subject(s)

• International relations—Research—Methodology [Browse]

Editor

• Huddleston, R. J. [Browse]
• Jamieson, Tom [Browse]
• James, Patrick [Browse]

Publisher

• Edward Elgar Publishing [Browse]

Summary note

"Drawing together international experts on research methods in International Relations (IR), this Handbook answers the complex practical questions for those approaching a new research topic for the first time. Innovative in its approach, it considers the art of IR research as well as the science, offering diverse perspectives on current research methods and emerging developments in the field. Empirical chapters are split into five distinct parts guiding the reader through the research process, covering the key topics including scope and methods, concepts, data and techniques and tools and applications. Highlighting the wide-ranging differences in the topic, the illustrative case studies and research models also provide guidance on how and when to use these tools, including how to evaluate research at the start and end of projects. Furthermore, it examines how to publish research and provides advice on how to manage a research team. This informative read will provide an excellent resource for established researchers taking on new projects, rethinking their approach to IR or those interested in learning new methods. Students and scholars of international politics and public policy as well as social scientists will also find this illuminating and instructive"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Contents: Introduction: International relations as interdisciplinary research / R. Joseph Huddleston, Thomas Jamieson, and Patrick James
• Part I: International relations: Scope and methods
• 1. Doing international relations / Ross James Gildea and Andrea Ruggeri
• 2. Epistemology: Logic, causality, and explanation / Simon Frankel Pratt
• 3. Critical approaches / Leigh Spanner
• 4. Conceptualization, measurement, and data / Jenifer Whitten-Woodring
• 5. Historical methods / Norrin M. Ripsman
• 6. Systems analysis: Systemism and the visual international relations project / Sarah Gansen and Patrick James
• Part II: Approaches: Explaining interactions
• 7. International relations and regime type / Inken von Borzyskowski and Mert Kartal
• 8. International organizations and world politics / George Kyris
• 9. State and non-state actors in world politics / Efe Tokdemir and Seden Akcinaroglu
• 10. International regime complexes / Mark Raymond
• 11. International (global) political economy / Lui Hebron
• 12. Feminist methods in international relations research / Melissa Johnston
• Part III: Getting started with research: Concepts, data, and techniques
• 13. Using theory to choose an empirical research strategy / Emily Hencken Ritter
• 14. What kind of data is appropriate for my question? Choosing a unit of analysis / Elsy Gonzalez and Paul Poast
• 15. Choose your own estimator (or perish trying) / Christopher K. Butler and Weidong Zhang
• 16. Causal pathway analysis and matching: A practical guide / Jeb Barnes and Nicholas Weller
• 17. Challenges and payoffs of building a dataset from scratch / Jessica Maves Braithwaite
• 18. Think locally, regress globally: Making the most of conventional ir data / Carlos Felipe Balcazar and Matt Malis
• 19. Non-state actors, civil wars, and other units of analysis / Michael A. Rubin
• 20. Text as data / Peter B. Cuppernull and Rochelle Layla Terman
• 21. Big data / Eric Min
• 22. Political research with social media data / Samuel E. Bestvater
• 23. Dealing with missing and incomplete data / Miriam Barnum
• Part IV: Research tools and applications
• 24. Regression analysis / Giacomo Chiozza
• 25. Survival analysis in international relations / Myriam Shiran and Patrick E. Shea
• 26. Network analysis / Elizabeth J. Menninga and Lindsey A. Goldberg
• 27. Formal theory: An informal discussion / Julianne Phillips
• 28. A brief glance into qualitative methods for international relations / Reyna L. Reyes Nunez
• 29. Planning, conducting, and analyzing interviews / M.P. Broache
• 30. Mixed methods research / Dana El Kurd
• 31. Digging through documents: The promise, problems, and prospects of archival research for international relations / Joshua Shifrinson
• 32. Qualitative comparative analysis (qca) / Alrik Thiem
• 33. Interpretivism in international relations research / Lucas Knotter
• 34. Case study analysis / Luai Ali
• Part V: Evaluation and relevance of research results
• 35. The political and policy relevance of our research / Bridget L. Coggins
• 36. How to publish in academic journals / Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama
• 37. Navigating the ethics of human subjects research / Jennifer Roglà
• 38. Research labs: Concept, utility, and application / Kelebogile Zvobgo
• 39. Perverse effects, potential harms, and international relations research in the world / Laura Sjoberg and Jonathon Whooley
• Index.

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ISBN

9781839101014 (e-book)

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