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Interpretive Quantification: Methodological Explorations for Critical and Constructivist IR
J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg, editors
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Countering the growing divide between positivists who embrace quantitative, numerical approaches and post-positivist scholars who favor qualitative, interpretive approaches, J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg argue that both methods are more widely adaptable than is commonly assumed by either camp.
In Interpretive Quantification, ten highly regarded scholars in the field of International Relations apply quantitative methods and formal models to specific constructivist and critical research questions. In this way, each chapter serves not only as evidence that methods can productively be applied across paradigms, but also as a guide as to how this may be done. In sum, the contributors make a compelling case that when researchers cordon off particular methods for merely ideological reasons, they circumscribe their own paradigms and hinder their own research agenda.
In Interpretive Quantification, ten highly regarded scholars in the field of International Relations apply quantitative methods and formal models to specific constructivist and critical research questions. In this way, each chapter serves not only as evidence that methods can productively be applied across paradigms, but also as a guide as to how this may be done. In sum, the contributors make a compelling case that when researchers cordon off particular methods for merely ideological reasons, they circumscribe their own paradigms and hinder their own research agenda.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Quantitative Methods for Constructivist and Critical Theorizing?
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Part 1. Statistical Methods
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Chapter 2. Measuring Critical Theories of Human Rights
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Chapter 3. Quantitative Methods and Constructivist Theorizing for Conflict Studies
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Chapter 4. Exploring Constitution and Social Construction through Network Analysis
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Chapter 5. Dimensions of Identity Construction and the Measurement of Differences among Countries
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Part 2. Formal and Computational Methods
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Chapter 6. Computing Narratives: Assemblage Relations in Diplomatic Conversations
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Chapter 7. Thinking Counterfactually and with Discipline: Agent-Based Models for Constructing and Deconstructing the Future
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Chapter 8. Constructing Rational International Fisheries Governance
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Chapter 9. Theoretical Geometry, Critical Theory, and Concept Spaces in IR
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Part 3. Reflections and Looking Forward
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Chapter 10. Practicing (Social-)Scientific Pluralism
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Chapter 11. Conclusion: Prospects for Interpretive Quantification
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Contributors
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Index
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Published: 2017
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-12265-3 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-07339-9 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-05339-1 (paper)