Rethinking the Study of Conflict and Peace: Making Causal Inferences in Quantitative Conflict and Peace Research
Description:
Most research questions and theory in quantitative peace and conflict research are fundamentally causal. However, a large gap exists in the extant literature between research question and research methodology. Not only does most existing methodology fail to achieve what most quantitative peace scholars attempt, but many researchers do not appear to be aware of these limitations. In this dissertation, I outline five key shortcomings within this literature that, left unaddressed, create results t…
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Date:
December 2023
Creator:
Lookabaugh Jr., Brian Scott
Partner:
UNT Libraries