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020			_a9781107256538 (ebook)
020			_z9781107047907 (hardback)
020			_z9781107672888 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJZ1242 _b.L43 2014
082	0	0	_a327.101 _223
100	1		_aLebow, Richard Ned, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConstructing Cause in International Relations / _cRichard Ned Lebow.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (208 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aCause 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	_aInternational relations
650		0	_aSocial sciences and state
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107047907
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107256538
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37047 _d37047