Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative
philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of …

The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies. They draw on
established practices as well as on recent innovations in case study methodology and …

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 …

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in
confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by …

Recovering International Relations bridges two key divides in contemporary IR:
between'value-free'and normative theory, and between reflective, philosophically inflected …

This book offers a re-examination of foreign policy, in its relation with domestic politics and
international relations (IR). Bringing together a vast body of literature from IR, foreign policy …

In Part 1 of this interview, Professor Patomäki discussed his work and career up to the
Global Financial Crisis. In Part 2 he turns to his later work. Questions and issues range over …

This book offers the first comparative monograph on the management of elections. The book
defines electoral management as a new, inter-disciplinary area and advances a realist …

This book examines the adverse impacts of liberal peacebuilding in conflict-affected
societies. It introduces 'peace figuration'as a new analytical framework for studying the …

In anthropology, the concept of cultural intimacy expresses those aspects of a cultural
identity that are considered a source of international criticism for the state, but are …