Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations

This edited volume breaks new ground by innovatively drawing on multiple disciplines to enhance our understanding of international relations and conflict.  The expansion of knowledge across disciplines and the increasingly blurred boundaries in the r

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Steve A. Yetiv and Patrick James

Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations

Steve A. Yetiv • Patrick James Editors

Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations

Editors Steve A. Yetiv Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Patrick James School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-40822-4 ISBN 978-3-319-40823-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40823-1

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CONTENTS

1 Pushing Boundaries in the Study of International Relations Steve A. Yetiv and Patrick James 2 History, International Relations, and Conflict Steve A. Yetiv

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3 Hawkish Biases and the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict Decision-Making

Jonathan Renshon and Daniel Kahneman

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4 Trust, Cooperation, and Conflict: Neuropolitics and International Relations Jacek Kugler and Paul J. Zak

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5 Technology, Conflict and International Relations Stefan Fritsch

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6 Anthropology, Conflict, and International Relations Raymond Scupin

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7 Gender in International Relations: Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Conflict Soumita Basu and Maya Eichler

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8 Demography and International Relations: Economics, Politics, Sociology, and Conflict Tadeusz Kugler

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9 International Political Economy and Political Demography: An Interdisciplinary Exploration Kyungkook Kang and Tadeusz Kugler

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10 Systemism and Foreign Policy Analysis: A New Approach to the Study of International Conflict Carolyn C. James and Patrick James

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11 Conclusion: Interdi