Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations

• Main Authors: Klotz, Audie, Lynch, Cecelia
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2007; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; M. E. Sharpe Incorporated
• Edition: 1
• Series: International relations in a constructed world
• Subjects: Constructivism (Philosophy); International Relations; Nuclear Disarmament; IR Discipline; IR Scholarship; Instrumental Dynamics; Vice Versa; Arms Control Ideas; Language Games; Macro-historical Comparison; Universal Knowledge Claims; Mainstream IR Scholar; Constructivist International Relations; Transnational Epistemic Communities; Elementary Methods Courses; Civil Society; Constitute State Identities; Liberal World Economy; Communicative Action Theory; Arms Control Perspective; Self-Employed Women’s Association; Polanyi's Analysis; Social Identity Theory; Church’s Moral Authority; Epistemological Spectrum; Ancient Greece; International Sports Boycotts
• ISBN: 9780765620231; 0765620235; 0765620243; 9780765620248
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315700571

Constructivism’s basic premise - that individuals and groups are shaped by their world but can also change it - may seem intuitively true. Yet this process-oriented approach can be more difficult to apply than structural or rational choice frameworks. Based on their own experiences and exemplars from the IR literature, well-known authors Audie Klotz and Cecelia Lynch lay out concepts and tools for anyone seeking to apply the constructivist approach in research. Written in jargon-free prose and relevant across the social sciences, this book is essential for anyone trying to sort out appropriate methods for empirical research.