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Resources and Applied Methods in International RelationsConstructing Subjects and Comparison in International Relations Studies

Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations: Constructing Subjects and Comparison in... [The purpose of this contribution is to steer between the idiographic and nomothetic poles, and to present in action the method of structured, focalized and controlled comparisons that are liable to produce “contextualized” “intermediary” theories. I will outline the explanative potential of “chrono-logics” and specific contexts. The emphasis will at first be put on the merits and limits of “particularistic” conceptions of social phenomena, then on underlining the advantages and problems of “covering law,” an ambition of the dominant approaches. Finally, I will demonstrate the focalized and controlled comparison method and will show how it provides a way of analyzing international crises between times of war and peace without misrecognizing the particularity of “cases.”] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Resources and Applied Methods in International RelationsConstructing Subjects and Comparison in International Relations Studies

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. The book is a translation from the French. Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2016. Méthodes de recherche en Relations Internationales.
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978-3-319-61978-1
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19 –30
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-61979-8_2
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[The purpose of this contribution is to steer between the idiographic and nomothetic poles, and to present in action the method of structured, focalized and controlled comparisons that are liable to produce “contextualized” “intermediary” theories. I will outline the explanative potential of “chrono-logics” and specific contexts. The emphasis will at first be put on the merits and limits of “particularistic” conceptions of social phenomena, then on underlining the advantages and problems of “covering law,” an ambition of the dominant approaches. Finally, I will demonstrate the focalized and controlled comparison method and will show how it provides a way of analyzing international crises between times of war and peace without misrecognizing the particularity of “cases.”]

Published: Oct 21, 2017

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