Chapter 1: Steve A. Yetiv and Patrick James – Pushing Boundaries in the Study of International Relations
Chapter 2: Steve A. Yetiv –History, International Relations, and Conflict
Chapter 3: Jonathan Renshon and Daniel Kahneman – Hawkish Biases and the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict Decision Making
Chapter 4: Jacek Kugler and Paul J. Zak – Trust, Cooperation, and Conflict : Neuropolitics and International Relations
Chapter 5: Stefan Fritsch – Technology, Conflict and International Relations
Chapter 6: Raymond Scupin – Anthropology, Conflict, and International Relations
Chapter 7: Maya Eichler and Soumita Basu – Gender in International Relations: Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Conflict
Chapter 8: Tadeusz Kugler – Demography in International Relations: Economics, Politics, Sociology and Conflict
Chapter 9: Kyungkook Kang and Jacek Kugler –International Political Economy and Political Demography: An Interdisciplinary Exploration
Chapter 10: Carolyn C. James and Patrick James – Systemism and Foreign Folicy Analysis:A New Approach to the Study of International Conflict
Chapter 11: Patrick James and Steve A. Yetiv – Interdisciplinary Links and Future Directions
List of Figures
Figure 3.1 Hypothetical Value Function
Figure 5.1 Functional Relations in a Social System
Figure 5.2 The Initial Generation of FPA Scholarship
Figure 5.3 The Initial Generation of FPA Scholarship: A Systemist Reinterpretation
Figure 5.4 (F)actors at the International and Domestic Level
Figure 5.5 Models for the Individual and Group Levels
Figure 5.6 Model for the Environment and State: A Systemist Reinterpretation
Figure 7.1 Cross-country Trust Levels from the World Values Survey and Others
Figure 9.1 Economic Recovery Anticipated by the OLG Growth Model
Figure 9.2 Cohort Structure Affected by War
Figure 9.3 Effects of the Post War “Baby Boom” on Populations
Figure 9.4 Patterns of Postwar Recovery
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Perspectives Within the Integrated Approach
Table 3.1 Biases Examined in This Chapter
Table 4A.1 The Components of the NMT
Table 8.1 Common Demographic Data Sources
Table 8.2 Traditional Research Agendas
Table 9.1 Summary of Post-Disaster Recovery Conditions
Steve A. Yetiv is the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of International Relations at Old Dominion University. A two-time Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award winner, his books include Explaining Foreign Policy (Johns Hopkins, 2011); The Petroleum Triangle (Cornell University Press, 2011); and Myths of the Oil Boom (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Patrick James is Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is author or editor of 24 books, along with 120 academic articles and book chapters. A former VP of the International Studies Association, James also served as president of the International Council for Canadian Studies, 2011-13, and president of the Peace Science Society, 2016-17.
This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international relations and conflict. The expansion of knowledge across disciplines and the increasingly blurred boundaries in the real world both enable and demand thinking across intellectual borders. While multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are prominent buzz words, remarkably few books advance them. Yet doing so can sharpen and expand our perspective on academic and real world issues and problems. This book offers the most comprehensive treatment to date and is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners.
Steve A. Yetiv is the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of International Relations at Old Dominion University. A two-time Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award winner, his books include Explaining Foreign Policy (Johns Hopkins, 2011); The Petroleum Triangle (Cornell University Press, 2011); and Myths of the Oil Boom (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Patrick James is Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is author or editor of 24 books, along with 120 academic articles and book chapters. A former VP of the International Studies Association, James also served as president of the International Council for Canadian Studies, 2011-13, and president of the Peace Science Society, 2016-17.