POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Falsifiability, International Studies Association, Unintended Consequences
6 Dec 2016
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Tutorial 6 readings levy, jack s. the causes of war and the conditions of peace. Professor of political science at rutgers university and an affiliate at the saltzman institute of. Phd in political science from university of wisconsin-madison. Focuses on the causes of war, foreign policy, foreign policy decision-making, and qualitative methodology. Causes of war, conflict and crisis: systemic approach. We have few lawlike propositions, limited predictive capacities, and enormous divisions within the field. Distinguish between international wars from civil wars, interstate from imperial, colonial, and other wars with non-state actors. What causes war: refer to the permissive or logically necessary conditions for war. What causes war for neorealists: anarchic structure, absence of legitimate governmental authority, little regulation of disputes between states, all of the above. When thinking about neorealists, think about anarchic structure. Want to explain international outcomes and not the strategies or actions of states (neorealists see both).
