International Interaction Analysis
International Interaction Analysis

Author: Charles A. McClelland

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13:

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The rationale and procedures for converting historical narratives of international events to coded, machine-readable, indicator data are explained. The concepts of international interaction flows and interaction performance records of nations are introduced and compared to policy records. A theoretical approach is developed to define more closely the data analyzed in the Survey. Basic technical terms employed in the Survey are defined and discussed including event/interaction, routine event flows, disturbances, administrative control systems, major control systems, dampening and amplifying effects, interactional phenomena, transactional phenomena, and an exchange concept.

Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis
Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis

Author: Stephen G. Walker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-01-26

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 113685245X

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Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis presents the definitive treatment to integrate theories of foreign policy analysis and international relations—addressing the agent-centered, micro-political study of decisions by leaders and the structure-oriented macro political study of state interactions in an international system.

The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis
The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis

Author: Elisabeth Brauner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13: 1108655165

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This Handbook provides a compendium of research methods that are essential for studying interaction and communication across the behavioral sciences. Focusing on coding of verbal and nonverbal behavior and interaction, the Handbook is organized into five parts. Part I provides an introduction and historic overview of the field. Part II presents areas in which interaction analysis is used, such as relationship research, group research, and nonverbal research. Part III focuses on development, validation, and concrete application of interaction coding schemes. Part IV presents relevant data analysis methods and statistics. Part V contains systematic descriptions of established and novel coding schemes, which allows quick comparison across instruments. Researchers can apply this methodology to their own interaction data and learn how to evaluate and select coding schemes and conduct interaction analysis. This is an essential reference for all who study communication in teams and groups.

International Interaction Analysis in the Predictive Mode
International Interaction Analysis in the Predictive Mode

Author: Charles A. McClelland

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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A review of the important limitations on scientific prediction systems as the latter related to high-level decision-makers and their problems in external affairs is placed in contrast to a description of the compatibility of predictive analysis and policy planning operations. Reference is made to the writer's earlier analysis for the Air Force's Office of Research Analysis (OAR) of scientific prediction rules applicable to the making of improved estimates of psychological and political international futures. The earlier observations are extended and applied to international interaction analysis problems when the approach is directed to prediction. The plan for conducting periodic prediction exercises using the data collection of the world event survey is described.

Causation in International Relations
Causation in International Relations

Author: Milja Kurki

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-04-03

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1139470760

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World political processes, such as wars and globalisation, are engendered by complex sets of causes and conditions. Although the idea of causation is fundamental to the field of International Relations, what the concept of cause means or entails has remained an unresolved and contested matter. In recent decades ferocious debates have surrounded the idea of causal analysis, some scholars even questioning the legitimacy of applying the notion of cause in the study of International Relations. This book suggests that underlying the debates on causation in the field of International Relations is a set of problematic assumptions (deterministic, mechanistic and empiricist) and that we should reclaim causal analysis from the dominant discourse of causation. Milja Kurki argues that reinterpreting the meaning, aims and methods of social scientific causal analysis opens up multi-causal and methodologically pluralist avenues for future International Relations scholarship.

Doing Political Science and International Relations
Doing Political Science and International Relations

Author: Heather Savigny

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-05-24

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0230344135

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This is an ideal introduction for all embarking on a degree in Politics or International Relations. Starting from the premise that the 'doing' of political science is an active, and interactive, process of critical evaluation, it addresses the crucial question of how – as well as what – we should study. The book examines a wide range of theoretical perspectives and shows how they can be usefully applied to questions such as 'Why do states go to war?' and 'In whose interests does the political system work?' Chapters are organized by core areas of study – such as power, the state, policy, institutions, the media, security, political economy – and show how theories can be used and applied within each topic.

Kalevi Holsti: A Pioneer in International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, History of International Order, and Security Studies
Kalevi Holsti: A Pioneer in International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, History of International Order, and Security Studies

Author: Kalevi Holsti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 3319266241

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In honour of Prof. Kalevi Holsti’s 80th birthday, this collection presents 15 of the renowned Political Scientist’s major essays and research projects. It also offers a collection of his writings and essays on theories of international relations, foreign policy analysis, security and the world order. These previously published works address issues that remain “hot topics” on the international agenda, such as the changing nature of warfare and the causes of failed states; major essays also evaluate the current search for international order. Prof. Holsti is the author of a major textbook that has been translated into Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesian. Thousands of undergraduates around the world are acquainted with his work.

Approaches, Levels, and Methods of Analysis in International Politics
Approaches, Levels, and Methods of Analysis in International Politics

Author: H. Starr

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-09-02

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1403983488

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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.