Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in conflict studies. While expanding our knowledge of particular conflicts, from the Crimean War to the Vietnam War to ongoing Palestinian-Israeli instability, the notable contributors also further our understanding of how to conduct research in international relations.

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in conflict studies. This volume showcases work informed by four powerful research tools: rational choice theory and game theory; simulation, experimentation, and artificial intelligence; quantitative studies; and case studies. Each research method is introduced and evaluated for its specific potential, including both strengths and weaknesses. Throughout, the notable contributors clearly explain how they choose, frame, and go about answering questions. While expanding our knowledge of particular conflicts, from the Crimean War to the Vietnam War to ongoing Palestinian-Israeli instability, Multiple Paths also furthers our understanding of how to conduct research in international relations.

Chapter 1 Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution: A Conceptual and Methodological Introduction
Chapter 2 Rational Choice and Game Theoretic Approaches
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Bargaining and Conflict Management
Chapter 5 Prospects for Conflict Management: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
Chapter 6 Simulation, Experimentation, and Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 7 Introduction
Chapter 8 Detecting United States Mediation Styles in the Middle East, 1979-1998
Chapter 9 The Role of Mediation in Conflict Management: Conditions for Successful Resolution
Chapter 10 An Artificial Mediator
Chapter 11 Quantitative Approaches
Chapter 12 Introduction
Chapter 13 Resolving Conflicts: Conditions Favoring Negotiated Compromise in Militarized Interstate Disputes
Chapter 14 Patterns of Conflict Management and Resolution in Enduring Rivalries
Chapter 15 Mediation and International Conflict Management: A Review and Analysis
Chapter 16 Case Study Approaches
Chapter 17 Introduction
Chapter 18 The Management and Resolution of International Conflict in a Single Case: American and North Vietnamese Exchanges During the Vietnam War
Chapter 19 Crisis Mismanagement or Conflict of Interests?: A Case Study of the Crimean War
Chapter 20 Multiple Paths to Knowledge?: Integrating Methodology and Substance in the Study of Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution