Learning and foreign policy: sweeping a conceptual minefield
- J. Levy
- Political ScienceInternational Organization
- 1 March 1994
Do political leaders learn from historical experience, and do the lessons of history influence their foreign policy preferences and decisions? It appears that decision makers are always seeking to…
Case Studies: Types, Designs, and Logics of Inference
- J. Levy
- Sociology
- 1 February 2008
A typology of case studies based on their purposes is constructed, including idiographic, hypothesis-generating, hypotheses-testing, and plausibility probe case studies, and the issue of selection bias and the “single logic” debate is addressed.
Prospect Theory, Rational Choice, and International Relations
- J. Levy
- Business
- 1 March 1997
A half-decade after the first systematic applications of prospect theory to international relations, scholars continue to debate its potential utility as a theoretical framework. Key questions…
War in the Modern Great Power System, 1495-1975
- J. Levy
- Engineering, Political Science
- 1 October 1983
Sleeping with the Enemy: The Impact of War on Trade
- Katherine Barbieri, J. Levy
- Economics, Political Science
- 1 July 1999
Current debates over the question of whether economic interdependence promotes peace or contributes to international conflict are often framed in terms of the `paradigm wars' between liberal and…
Applications of Prospect Theory to Political Science
- J. Levy
- EconomicsSynthese
- 1 May 2003
This article begins with an overview of prospect theory and some of the evidence upon which it is based, and then considers some the implications of the theory for American politics, international relations, and the law.
Prospect Theory and International Relations: Theoretical Applications and Analytical Problems
- J. Levy
- Economics
- 1 June 1992
In this essay I evaluate the potential contribution of prospect theory to our understanding of international relations. I begin with the implications of loss aversion, the endowment effect, risk…
Justice and the Genesis of War
- J. Levy, David A. Welch
- Education
- 1 October 1994
Introduction 1. The justice motive and war 2. The Crimean war 3. The Franco-Prussian war 4. World War I 5. World War II 6. The Falklands/Malvinas war 7. Justice and injustice in a global context.
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