Analytic eclecticism in practice: A method for combining international relations theories

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-66

  Cornut, Jérémie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combination; Contrast space; Eclecticism; Iran's nuclear weapons; Logic of questions; Post foundationalism; Pragmatics; Problem driven pragmatism; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IRAN;

EID: 84922041722     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/insp.12072     Document Type: Article

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