Constructing Cause in International Relations / (Record no. 37047)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107256538 (ebook) |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781107047907 (hardback) |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781107672888 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| Modifying agency | BD-SySUS. |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | JZ1242 |
| Item number | .L43 2014 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 327.101 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lebow, Richard Ned, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Constructing Cause in International Relations / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Richard Ned Lebow. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (208 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Cause is a problematic concept in social science, as in all fields of knowledge. We organise information in terms of cause and effect to impose order on the world, but this can impede a more sophisticated understanding. In his latest book, Richard Ned Lebow reviews understandings of cause in physics and philosophy and concludes that no formulation is logically defensible and universal in its coverage. This is because cause is not a feature of the world but a cognitive shorthand we use to make sense of it. In practice, causal inference is always rhetorical and must accordingly be judged on grounds of practicality. Lebow offers a new approach - 'inefficient causation' - that is constructivist in its emphasis on the reasons people have for acting as they do, but turns to other approaches to understand the aggregation of their behaviour. This novel approach builds on general understandings and idiosyncratic features of context. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | International relations |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social sciences and state |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107047907 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107256538">http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107256538</a> |
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