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Pushing Boundaries in the Study of International Relations

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Multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity are major buzzwords but surprisingly few books advance them in depth. This edited book does so by drawing upon multiple disciplines and sub-fields ranging from psychology to history to illuminate international relations and especially international conflict. In the process, the authors offer new perspectives on conflict that also illuminate a neglected actor in the study of international relations: the individual.

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  1. Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Steve A. Yetiv

  2. School of International Relations, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Patrick James

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  1. School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

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  2. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Patrick James

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Yetiv, S.A., James, P. (2017). Pushing Boundaries in the Study of International Relations. In: Yetiv, S., James, P. (eds) Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40823-1_1

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