Bridges and Boundaries by Colin Elman - ISBN: 9780262550390
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A conversation between historians and political scientists, exploring what the two disciplines can learn from each other.

Bridges and Boundaries

Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations

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    446 pages

  • Release Date

    13 April 2001

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Summary

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 t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262550390
ISBN-10:0262550393
Author:Colin Elman, Miriam Fendius Elman
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:446
Release Date:13 April 2001
Weight:762g
Dimensions:235mm x 159mm x 25mm
Series:Belfer Center Studies in International Security
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Critics Review

“Unlike most attempts to build bridges across the chasms that divideacademic disciplines, Bridges and Boundaries succeedsspectacularly in spanning the gap. The Elmans have collected ahigh-quality group of contributors, leaders in their own disciplinesof history and political science, yet experiencedbridge-crossers. Their penetrating essays, including paired treatmentsof international historical issues by scholars from both fields, areespecially good at identifying what the real boundaries between thedisciplines are, why they exist, and how these complementarydifferences can make intellectual exchange across the boundaries soprofitable. This is simply the best volume on the topic, including theElmans’ highly acclaimed special issue of InternationalSecurity, which this collection builds upon and surpasses.” Jack Snyder, Chair, Political Science Department, and Robertand Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, ColumbiaUniversity

About The Author

Colin Elman

Colin Elman is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Previously he was Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Arizona State University. He is coeditor, with Miriam Fendius Elman, of Bridges and Boundaries- Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations (MIT Press, 2001).Miriam Fendius Elman is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Previously she was Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Arizona State University. She is coeditor, with Colin Elman, of Bridges and Boundaries- Historians, Political Scientists, and the Study of International Relations (MIT Press, 2001).

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