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Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations

Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations

Elman, Colin
Elman, Miriam Fendius

Paperback

Series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security

General Political ScienceGeneral World HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0262550393
ISBN13: 9780262550390
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Apr 13 2001
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.64
Height: 1.07 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
Bridges and Boundaries offers a conversation between what might loosely be described as traditionalist diplomatic and military historians, and political scientists who employ qualitative case study methods to examine international relations. The book opens with a series of chapters discussing differences, commonalities, and opportunities for cross-fertilization between the two disciplines.To help focus the dialogue on real events and research, the volume then revisits three empirical topics that have been studied at length by members of both disciplines: British hegemony in the nineteenth century; diplomacy in the interwar period and the causes of World War II; and the origins and course of the Cold War. For each of these subjects, a political scientist, a historian, and a commentator reflect on how disciplinary guild rules have shaped the study of international events. The book closes with incisive overviews by Robert Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder.

Bridges and Boundaries explores how historians and political scientists can learn from one another and illustrates the possibilities that arise when open-minded scholars from different disciplines sit down to talk.

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