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Jerusalem is one of the most contested urban spaces in the world. It is a multicultural
city, but one that is unlike other multiethnic cities such as London,
Toronto, Paris, or New York. This book brings together scholars from across
the social sciences and the humanities to consider how different disciplinary
theories and methods contribute to the study of conflict and cooperation in
modern Jerusalem. Several essays in the book center on political decisionmaking;
others focus on local and social issues. While Jerusalem s centrality
to the Israeli-Palestinian...

All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise its progress, occasional appraisals are important and if done well can help advance the field.This book investigates how international relations theorists can better equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field. It takes as its starting point Imre Lakatos's influential theory of scientific change, and in particular his...