{"product_id":"after-theory-before-big-data-friedrich-kratochwil-9781032006536","title":"After Theory, Before Big Data: Thinking about Praxis, Politics and International Affairs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book's key purpose is to contribute to the ongoing \"theoretical\" discussion in the field of international relations (IR) concerning the status of grand theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, it also has a wider, critical mission: to challenge mainstream social science and its dominant methodology, as well as the unfettered optimism that the problem of social order can be solved by the \"application\" of scientific knowledge to our practical problems. The author uses rigorous philosophical analysis to focus on the unexamined assumptions that form the bedrock of many contemporary scholars in IR and demonstrates the unavailability of a universal \"scientific\" procedure for finding the facts, when we face practical choices and issues of social reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to upper-level students of IR, sociology, history, and philosophy of science; it will also speak to students of security, foreign policy making, migration, and political economy, in addressing the basis of their attitudes in thinking about the world and the role of scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Friedrich Kratochwil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032006536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032006536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d","brand":"Friedrich Kratochwil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944059568383,"sku":"9781032006536","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1f746713-9038-4175-ad65-688fe43a28c5.jpg?v=1681501553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-theory-before-big-data-friedrich-kratochwil-9781032006536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}