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999			_c9320 _d9320
020			_a9780472053391
082			_a327.072 _bINT
245			_aInterpretive quantification _b: methodological explorations for critical and constructivist IR
260			_aAnn Arbor _bUniversity of Michigan Press _c2017
300			_axii, 277p
504			_aincludes contributors and index
520			_aCountering 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.
650			_aHuman rights _vConstitution
650			_aInternational relations _vGovernance
650			_aQuantitative Research _vResearch Methodology
650			_aComputer _vSocial aspects
700			_aSjoberg, Laura
700			_aBarkin, J. Samuel
942			_cBK _2ddc