17.432 Causes of War: Theory and Method, Fall 2003
This course explores the causes of modern war with a focus on preventable causes. Course readings cover theoretical, historical, and methodological topics. Major theories of war are explored and assessed in the first few weeks of the class, asking at each stage "are these good theories?" a...
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| description | This course explores the causes of modern war with a focus on preventable causes. Course readings cover theoretical, historical, and methodological topics. Major theories of war are explored and assessed in the first few weeks of the class, asking at each stage "are these good theories?" and "how could they be tested?" Basic social scientific inference -- what are theories? What are good theories? How should theories be framed and tested? -- and case study methodology are also discussed. The second half of the course explores the history of the outbreak of some major wars. We use these cases as raw material for case studies, asking "if these episodes were the subject of case studies, how should those studies be performed, and what could be learned from them?" |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1482992025-02-21T18:45:32Z 17.432 Causes of War: Theory and Method, Fall 2003 Causes of War: Theory and Method Van Evera, Stephen Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science Political science security studies war preventable causes theoretical historical methodological topics social scientific inference history outbreak causes method. method War 302101 Holocaust and Related Studies 451001 Political Science and Government, General 451099 Political Science and Government, Other 300501 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution This course explores the causes of modern war with a focus on preventable causes. Course readings cover theoretical, historical, and methodological topics. Major theories of war are explored and assessed in the first few weeks of the class, asking at each stage "are these good theories?" and "how could they be tested?" Basic social scientific inference -- what are theories? What are good theories? How should theories be framed and tested? -- and case study methodology are also discussed. The second half of the course explores the history of the outbreak of some major wars. We use these cases as raw material for case studies, asking "if these episodes were the subject of case studies, how should those studies be performed, and what could be learned from them?" 2023-03-06T16:17:30Z 2023-03-06T16:17:30Z 2003-12 2023-03-06T16:17:36Z Learning Object 17.432-Fall2003 17.432 IMSCP-MD5-e7c7212c023bcefd6bc9c2bfa03643ca https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148299 en-US This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. 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| topic | Political science security studies war preventable causes theoretical historical methodological topics social scientific inference history outbreak causes method. method War 302101 Holocaust and Related Studies 451001 Political Science and Government, General 451099 Political Science and Government, Other 300501 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution |
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