The closing of the American mind: ‘American School’ International Relations and the state of grand theory

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 863-888

  Levine, Daniel J ^a   Barder, Alexander D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Depoliticization; grand theory; hypothesis testing; International Relations theory; reification; end of International Relations theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911099845     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066114530010     Document Type: Article

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