POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Normal Science, Human Nature, Postpositivism
1 Mar 2014
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Pol 2103 e - intro to international relations & global politics - joseph roman - 02 jan. 08. Debates surround whether ir (1) has a distinct object of analysis, (2) agrees on a definition, or (3) ought to analyze power and institutions. Generally, ir does seek to explain international politics & state behaviour, how do states interact with each other. Emerging fields of international political economy and international organization. Emerging sub-fields, e. g. gender in ir, foreign policy analysis. Ir as an enterprise that is distinctly american social science. Emerges after world war 2 & explodes during the cold war. Generous funding leads to the us becoming a centre for ir research. Within the leading ir journals, the only way to get published is to employ certain methodologies (positivist method, the ss methods should be models after the natural sciences, etc. ) Island of research that prizes theory over empirical work. Ir theory always seeks to see the world.
