levels of analysis international relations 9/e goldstein and pevehouse pearson education, inc. ©...
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Levels of analysisLevels of analysis
International Relations 9/e Goldstein and Pevehouse Pearson Education, Inc. © 2010 Joshua S. Goldstein and Jon C. Pevehouse
CHAPTER ONE
Levels of AnalysisLevels of Analysis• Many actors involved in IR
– Leads to complexity of competing explanations and theories• Response: IR scholars sorted out the influences, actors,
and processes, and categorize them into different levels of analysis– Perspective on IR based on a set of similar actors or processes
that suggests possible explanations to “why” questions– Individual, domestic (state or societal), interstate, global
levels of analysis• Example of applying different levels of analysis
– War in Iraq• No correct level for a given “why” question. • Levels of analysis help suggest multiple explanations
and approaches to consider in trying to explain an event.
© 2010 Joshua S. Goldstein and Jon C. Pevehouse