ABOUT THIS BOOK

Scholars and students of international relations must contend with increasingly sophisticated methods for studying world politics. Models, Numbers, and Cases is a comprehensive assessment of the three main approaches to international relations: case study, quantitative methods, and formal methods. Clearly written chapters explain the most important methodological and theoretical issues in the field, and demonstrate the practical application of these methods to international political economy, environmental policy, and security. Models, Numbers, and Cases is a concise and valuable guide to the challenging terrain of contemporary international relations study.

Detlef Sprinz is a Senior Fellow at the Department of Global Change and Social Systems of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and teaches on the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias is Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Detlef Sprinz is a Senior Fellow at the Department of Global Change and Social Systems of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and teaches on the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias is Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University.

REVIEWS

"Models, Numbers, and Cases provides a state-of-the-art overview of research methods in international relations for students and scholars alike. The authors collectively demonstrate that there is a unity in the logic of research and a complementarity in the use of methods in international relations. Sprinz and Wolinsky-Nahmias have organized outstanding essays from a group of distinguished scholars into an unusually coherent volume."
-David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego

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"Models, Numbers, and Cases provides a state-of-the-art overview of research methods in international relations for students and scholars alike. The authors collectively demonstrate that there is a unity in the logic of research and a complementarity in the use of methods in international relations. Sprinz and Wolinsky-Nahmias have organized outstanding essays from a group of distinguished scholars into an unusually coherent volume."
-David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preface
1. Introduction: Methodology in International Relations Research
Detlef F. Sprinz and Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
Part I. Case Study Methods
2. Case Study Methods: Design, Use, and Comparative Advantages
Andrew Bennett
3. Case Study Methods in International Political Economy
John S. Odell
4. Beyond Story-Telling: Designing Case Study Research in International Environmental Policy
Ronald Mitchell and Thomas Bernauer
5. Case Study Methods in International Security Studies
Arie M. Kacowicz
Part II. Quantitative Methods
6. The Promise and Peril of Statistics in International Relations
Bear F. Braumoeller and Anne E. Sartori
7. Quantitative Approaches to the International Political Economy
Edward D. Mansfield
8. Quantitative Analysis of International Environmental Policy
Detlef F. Sprinz
9. Research Design in Testing Theories of International Conflict
Paul Huth and Todd Allee
Part III. Formal Methods
10. Formal Models of International Politics
Duncan Snidal
11. Formal Methods and International Political Economy
Helen V. Milner
12. Consumption, Production, and Markets: Applications of Microeconomics to
International Politics
John A. C. Conybeare
13. Game Theory and International Environmental Policy
D. Marc Kilgour and Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
14. The Art of Shaker Modeling: Game Theory and Security Studies
Andrew Kydd
15. Conclusions
Detlef F. Sprinz and Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
Appendix
Contributors
Index
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: International relations Research Methodology

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