Being useful : policy relevance and international relations theory /

Being useful : policy relevance and international relations theory / Miroslav Nincic and Joseph Lepgold, editors ; with a foreword by Alexander George. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000. - xvii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policy relevance and theoretical development: the terms of the trade-off / Miroslav Nincic -- Counselors, kings and international relations: from revelation to reason, and still no policy-relevant theory / Arthur A. Stein -- Scholars and statesman: framework for a productive dialogue / Joseph Lepgold -- How social science can help policymakers: the relevance of theory / Ernest J. Wilson III -- In pursuit of praxis: applying international relations theory to foreign policy-making / Bruce W. Jentleson -- Domestic political consequences of the Cold War's end: the international impact on America's foreign policy capacity / Robert J. Lieber -- Putting theory to work: diagnosing public opinion on the U.S. intervention in Bosnia / Eric V. Larson -- Ethnic fears and security dilemmas: managing uncertainty in Africa / Donald Rothchild -- Military diffusion, the information revolution, and U.S. power / Emily O. Goldman -- From sea-lanes to global cities: the policy relevance to political geography / Donna J. Nincic -- Agreement through threats: the Northern Ireland case / Steven J. Brams and Jeffrey M. Togman -- The outcome of the negotiations over the status of Jerusalem: a forecast / A.F.K. Organsi -- Policy relevance and theoretical development in international relations: what have we learned? / Joseph Lepgold.

9780472086566 (paper : alk. paper)


International relations--Philosophy.
Policy sciences.
Relaciones Internacionales--Filosofía.
Ciencias Políticas.
Relations internationales--Philosophie
Sciences de la politique
Internationale betrekkingen.
Relevantie.
Beleidswetenschap.
Theorie en praktijk.

JZ 1305 / B422 2000

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