Handbook of research methods in international relations. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by R. Joseph Huddleston, Thomas Jamieson, Patrick James.
• Editors: Huddleston, R. Joseph; Jamieson, Thomas; James, Patrick
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 782 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 327.072; International relations -- Research -- Methodology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839101014; 1839101016
• Related ISBNs: 9781839101007; 1839101008
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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