Developed and adapted by the authors of this book, thematic analysis (TA) is one of the
most popular qualitative data analytic techniques in psychology and the social and health …

Critical realism, a philosophical framework originally developed by Roy Bhaskar in the
1970s, represents a relatively new approach to research generally and to nursing research …

Mixed methods research is an approach that combines quantitative and qualitative research
methods in the same research inquiry. Such work can help develop rich insights into various …

Thematic Analysis (TA) is an accessible, flexible, and increasingly popular method of
qualitative data analysis. Learning to do it provides the qualitative researcher with a …

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations first edition was winner of the ISA-
Northeast's Yale H. Ferguson Award, and the ISA Theory Section's Best Book of the Year …

Wherever different territorially-based political orders coexist in the same social world, some
form of international relations is to be found–even though the term itself was not coined until …

Unrivalled coverage of IR theories from leading experts, including historically dominant
traditions such as realism, and liberalism, to theories such as postcolonialism and green …

Constructivism appears to have taken a place in the literature on international relations (IR)
theory in direct opposition to realism. Constructivists who claim their methodology is …

In order to avoid both theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism, this
article proposes one possible and coherent reconstruction of constructivism understood as a …

The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations.
In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts …