Ontology, methodology, and causation in the American school of international political economy

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-71

  Farrell, Henry ^a   Finnemore, Martha ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American school; Causal realism; Constructivism; Methodology; Ontology; Rationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449176934     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802524075     Document Type: Article

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