Advancing interdisciplinary approaches to international relations

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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 real world both enable and demand thinking across intellectual borders. While multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are prominent buzz words, remarkably few books advance them. Yet doing so can sharpen and expand our perspective on academic and real world issues and problems. This book offers the most comprehensive treatment to date and is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and practitioners. Steve A. Yetiv is the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of International Relations at Old Dominion University. A two-time Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award winner, his books include Explaining Foreign Policy (Johns Hopkins, 2011); The Petroleum Triangle (Cornell University Press, 2011); and Myths of the Oil Boom (Oxford University Press, 2015). Patrick James is Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is author or editor of 24 books, along with 120 academic articles and book chapters. A former VP of the International Studies Association, James also served as president of the International Council for Canadian Studies, 2011-13, and president of the Peace Science Society, 2016-17. Read more... Abstract: 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 real world both enable and demand thinking across intellectual borders. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Pushing Boundaries in the Study of International Relations (Steve A. Yetiv, Patrick James)....Pages 1-15 History, International Relations, and Conflict (Steve A. Yetiv)....Pages 17-49 Hawkish Biases and the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict Decision-Making (Jonathan Renshon, Daniel Kahneman)....Pages 51-81 Trust, Cooperation, and Conflict: Neuropolitics and International Relations (Jacek Kugler, Paul J. Zak)....Pages 83-114 Technology, Conflict and International Relations (Stefan Fritsch)....Pages 115-151 Anthropology, Conflict, and International Relations (Raymond Scupin)....Pages 153-187 Gender in International Relations: Interdisciplinarity and the Study of Conflict (Soumita Basu, Maya Eichler)....Pages 189-227 Demography and International Relations: Economics, Politics, Sociology, and Conflict (Tadeusz Kugler)....Pages 229-261 International Political Economy and Political Demography: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (Kyungkook Kang, Tadeusz Kugler)....Pages 263-287 Systemism and Foreign Policy Analysis: A New Approach to the Study of International Conflict (Carolyn C. James, Patrick James)....Pages 289-321 Conclusion: Interdisciplinary Links and Future Directions (Patrick James, Steve A. Yetiv)....Pages 323-337 Back Matter ....Pages 339-344