Approaches, Levels, and Methods of Analysis in International Politics: Crossing Boundaries (Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis)

Leading scholars incorporate domestic and international aims, choices, factors, and processes to explore the advantages of crossing methodological and analytical boundaries to gain a better understanding of international relations. They examine both the why behind the complexity of international affairs and how scholars can study it and advance knowledge through complex causal paths. Cover 1 Contents 8 Illustrations 12 Introduction: The Future Study of International Relations, Two-Level Games, and Internal-External Linkages 14 Part 1 Crossing Boundaries: Levels of Analysis 24 1 When Are Governments Able to Reach Negotiated Settlement Agreements? An Analysis of Dispute Resolution in Territorial Disputes, 1919–1995 26 2 A Meso-Scopic View of International Political Economy: World Cities 46 Part 2 Crossing Boundaries: Domestic-External Dynamics, Democracy, and Peace 58 3 Democracy and Peace: Which Comes First? 60 4 Confirming the Liberal Peace with Analyses of Directed Dyads, 1885–2001 86 5 Democracy and the Renewal of Civil War 108 6 Democratic Peace and Integration: Synergies Across Levels of Analysis 130 Part 3 Crossing Boundaries: Domestic-External Dynamics and Foreign Policy 152 7 Tough Talk, Public Predispositions, and Military Action: Reassessing the Rally-'Round-the-Flag-Phenomenon 154 8 Blank Check or Marching Orders? Public Opinion and the Presidential Use of Force 170 9 Triangulating Civil Peace 186 10 Constraints and Determinants: Structure, Purpose, and Process in the Analysis of Foreign Policy 202 Part 4 Crossing Boundaries: From Analysis to Policy 224 11 Divided We Stand: Political Partisanship and Military Force 226 12 Unrealizable Expectations: Collective Security, the UN Charter, and Iraq 248 Part 5 Crossing Boundaries: From Ethics to Policy 270 13 Principles Under Pressure: Just War Doctrine and American Antiterror Strategy After 9/11 272 14 Strategic Logic and the Ethics of Killing: From Dresden to the Gulf War 292 Combined References 316 About the Contributors 350 Index 354 A 354 B 354 C 355 D 355 E 356 F 356 G 356 H 356 I 357 J 357 K 357 L 358 M 358 N 359 O 359 P 359 R 359 S 360 T 361 V 361 W 361 Y 361 Z 361 "Leading scholars incorporate domestic and international aims, choices, factors, and processes to explore the advantages of crossing methodological and analytical boundaries to gain a better understanding of international relations. They examine both the "why" behind the complexity of international affairs and how scholars can study it and advance knowledge through complex causal paths." --Descripción del editor Leading scholars incorporate domestic and international aims, choices, factors, and processes to explore the advantages of crossing methodological and analytical boundaries to gain a better understanding of international relations. They examine the complexity of international affairs and consider how scholars should best study it.