Theory and Evidence in Comparative Politics and International Relations (Hardcover)

Introduction What Can We Know? How Do We Know?; R.N.Lebow Foundational Claims Evidence, Inference, and Truth as Problems of Theory Building in the Social Sciences; F.V.Kratochwil The Limits of Interpreting Evidence; T.Hopf The Product of Inquiry Beyond Logical Positivism: Reframing King, Keohane, and Verba; B.Pollins Methodological Pluralism and the Limits of Naturalism in the Study of Politics; F.Chernoff The Purpose and Methods of Research Transforming Inferences into Explanations: Lessons from the Study of Mass Extinctions; D.A.Waldner Theory, Evidence, and Politics in the Evolution of International Relations Research Programs; J.S. Levy Peace of Imperial Method?: Skeptical Inquiries into Ambiguous Evidence for the "Democratic Peace"; A.Lawrence New Directions Social Science as Case-Based Diagnostics; S.Bernstein , R.N.Lebow , J.Gross Stein & S.Weber Theory and Evidence; M.I.Lichbach