Models, Methods, And Progress In World Politics
A Peace Research Odyssey
J. David Singer(Author)
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 1990
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-0-8133-0640-7 (ISBN)
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Description
An assembly of the work of J.David Singer, who for 30 years has pursued the scientific study of world politics and the causes and prevention of war. The work combines analysis applied to theory-building and policy concerns, and it reflects a dedication both to hard evidence and to world peace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-0640-7 (9780813306407)
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06/1990
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Content
Part 1 Traditional policy analysis and prescription: the error term and accident in nuclear war; armaments, security and prosperity - an imaginary congressional speech; arms control negotiations and the Third World; negotiation by proxy - a proposal; negotiations, initiatives and arms reduction. Part 2 Beyond policy prescription: conflict research, political action, and epistemology; social science and social problems; campaign for a US peace academy; a Manhattan project for war prevention. Part 3 The research outlook and options: the incomplete theorist - insight without evidence; variables, indicators and data - the measurement problem in macropolitical research; militarized interstate crises - the BCOW typology and its applications, Russell J.Leng and J.David Singer; cumulativeness in the social sciences - some counterprescriptions. Part 4 the research programme and some results: periodicity, inexorability and steersmanship in international war, J.David Singer and Thomas Cusack; system structure, decision processes and the incidence of international war; alliance aggregation and the onset of war, J.David Singer and Melvin Small; capabilities, allocations and success in militarized disputes and wars 1816-1976, Frank W.Wayman, J.David Singer and Gary Goertz. Part 5 Implications and recapitulation: research, policy and the correlates of war; the responsibilities of competence in the global village.