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It addresses longstanding disputes over causal analysis and the contested legitimacy of “cause” in IR. The book argues that these debates rest on problematic assumptions—deterministic, mechanistic, and empiricist—and proposes reclaiming causal analysis. Milja Kurki advances multi-causal, methodologically plural approaches to strengthen future IR scholarship.","Causation in International Relations  \nWorld political processes, such as wars and globalisation, are engendered by complex sets of causes and conditions. Although the idea of causation is fundamental to the field of International Relations, what the concept of cause means or entails has remained an unresolved and contested matter. In recent decades ferocious debates have surrounded the idea of causal analysis, some scholars even questioning the legitimacy of applying the notion of cause in the study of International Relations. This book suggests that underlying the debates on causation in the field of International Relations is a set of problematic assumptions (deterministic, mechanistic and empiricist) and that we should reclaim causal analysis from the dominant discourse of causation. Milja Kurki argues that reinterpreting the meaning, aims and methods of social scientific causal analysis opens up multi-causal and methodologically pluralist avenues for future International Relations scholarship.  \nmilja k ur ki is a lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Her research on the concept of cause in International Relations theory has been awarded prizes by the British International Studies Association and the Political Studies Association.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: 108  \nCausation in International Relations  \nEditors  \nChristian Reus-Smit Nicholas Wheeler  \nEditorial Board  \nTom Biersteker Phil Cerny Michael Cox A. J. R. Groom Richard Higgott Kimberley Hutchings Caroline Kennedy-Pipe Steve Lamy Colin McInnes Michael Mastanduno Louis Pauly Ngaire Woods  \nCambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association (BISA) . The series will include a wide range of material, from undergraduate textbooks and surveys to research-based monographs and collaborative volumes. The aim of the series is to publish the best new scholarship in International Studies from Europe, North America and the rest of the world.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  \n107 Richard M. Price  \nMoral Limit and Possibility in World Politics  \n106 Emma Haddad  \nThe Refugee in International Society  \nBetween sovereigns  \n105 Ken Booth  \nTheory of world security  \n104 Benjamin Miller  \nStates, nations and the great powers  \nThe sources of regional war and peace  \n103 Beate Jahn (ed.)  \nClassical theory in international relations  \n102 Andrew Linklater and Hidemi Suganami  \nThe English School of international relations  \nA contemporary reassessment  \n101 Colin Wight  \nAgents, structures and international relations  \nPolitics as ontology  \n100 Michael C. Williams  \nThe realist tradition and the limits of international relations  \n99 Ivan Arregun-Toft  \nHow the weak win wars  \nA theory of asymmetric conflict  \n98 Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall  \nPower in global governance  \n97 Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach  \nRemapping global politics  \nHistory’s revenge and future shock  \n96 Christian Reus-Smit  \nThe politics of international law  \nSeries list continues after index  \nCausation in  \nInternational Relations  \nReclaiming Causal Analysis  \nmilja ku rki  \nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521882972](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521882972)  \n© Milja Kurki 2008  \nThis publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published in print format 2008  \nISBN-13 978-0-511-39508-6 eBook (NetLibrary)  \nISBN-13 978","cbCaimRCxJ8DCBU1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimRCxJ8DCBU1","pdf",1422450,6,1,369,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: the problem of causation and the divided discipline of International Relations\n# Part I The Humean philosophy of causation and its legacies\n## The Humean philosophy of causation and its legacies in philosophy of science\n## Controversy over causes in the social sciences\n## Humeanism and rationalist causal analysis in International Relations\n## Reflectivist and constructivist approaches in International Relations: more cases of Humeanism\n# Part II Rethinking the concept of cause\n## Attempts to move beyond Humeanism: strengths and weaknesses\n## Rethinking causation: towards a deeper and broader concept of cause\n# Part III Reconfiguring causal analysis of world politics\n## Expanding horizons in world political causal inquiry\n## Reconceptualising causes, reframing the divided discipline","[{\"question\":\"Why is causation fundamental yet contested in International Relations?\",\"answer\":\"IR treats causation as central to explaining world political processes, but scholars disagree on what “cause” means and what causal analysis should entail, leading to intense debate about its validity in IR research.\"},{\"question\":\"What assumptions does the book argue underlie causation debates in IR?\",\"answer\":\"The book identifies problematic deterministic, mechanistic, and empiricist assumptions shaping how causation is discussed, motivating a call to move beyond the dominant discourse.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book aim to advance causal analysis for future IR scholarship?\",\"answer\":\"It advocates reclaiming causal analysis through 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