International Political Economy: A Bridgeable Divide, A Bridge Too Far, or a Bridge to Nowhere

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International Political Economy A Bridgeable
Divide, A Bridge Too Far, or a Bridge to Nowhere?

• Daniel Maliniak (UCSD)
• and
• Michael Tierney (WM)
• Paper from William and Marys Teaching, Research
  and International Politics (TRIP) Project.
• Prepared for the 2007 Meeting of the IPES,
  Stanford CA

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Cohens Observation and Challenge

• The Transatlantic Divide in IPE
• The American School
• Positivist, Quantitative, Closed to other
  disciplines
• The British School
• Normative, Qualitative, Critical, Open
• Need for Bridge Building and Synthesis
• The Transatlantic Gap is Wide and Growing
• Both Sides would Benefit from Trade

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IPE Within IR

• Purpose of IPES Interdisciplinary Bridge
• Nature of IPE to Date Sub-Field of IR
• Comparing IPE to Broader IR Sub-Field
• TRIP Project and Data
• 2004 Survey U.S. IR Scholars
• 2006 Survey U.S. and Canadian IR Scholars
• Journal Article Database Top 12 IR Journals
• No Books, No Econ Journals, Limited Journals

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Top 12 Journals (Impact)

• American Political Science Review
• American Journal of Political Science
• British Journal of Political Science
• European Journal of International Relations
• International Organization
• International Security

• International Studies Quarterly
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Journal of Peace Research
• Journal of Politics
• Security Studies
• World Politics

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All Variables in Coding Project

• - Ideational Variables Used
• Material Variables Used
• Epistemology
• Time Period Studied
• Contemporary Timeframe
• Policy Prescription
• Issue Area
• Methodology
• Level of analysis
• Region under study
• Substantive Focus
• Authors Affiliation
• Authors Rank.
• Citations
• Country of Origin

• Year, volume and number
• Journal publication name
• Journal Editor
• Journal Editor Paradigm
• Total articles/Total IR articles
• Article Title
• Authors Name
• Number of Authors
• Authors Gender
• Paradigm advanced
• Paradigms taken seriously by author or used as
  alternative explanation
• Theoretical Synthesis

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Paradigm IPE
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Paradigm IPE
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Paradigm IPE
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Paradigm IPE
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Paradigms IR
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Paradigmatic and Atheoretic work
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Paradigmatic and Atheoretic work
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Paradigmatic and Atheoretic work
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Paradigmatic and Atheoretic work

• Take home Points
• IPE much more Theoretic and Paradigmatic than the
  IR field more generally
• Articles in the liberal paradigm dominate
  American IPE

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Methodology IR
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Methodology IR
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Methodology IR
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Methodology IR
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Methods Employed by Survey Respondents
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Primary Method of IPE scholars by PhD year
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Methodology IPE

• Take Home Points
• Qualitative was the majority, now quantitative is
  by far the leading method employed in 87.

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The Material Turn in IPE
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The Material Turn in IPE
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The Material Turn in IPE
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Epistemology of IPE and IR compared
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Epistemology of IPE and IR compared

• Take Home Message
• IPE has always been more positivist than IR, and
  is now 99 Positivist

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Best Presses in area of expertise
Most Read Journalsin area of expertise
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IPE Publications rates at Highest Ranked journals
by IPE respondents
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Journals publishing the most IPE work
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Top PhD programs in IR, as ranked by IPE scholars
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Summary
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Faculty Perceptions of IR Literature and Teaching
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Paradigm per year 1980-2006
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Paradigm per year 1980-2006
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Paradigm per year 1980-2006
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Paradigm per year 1980-2006
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Paradigm per year 1980-2006
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Percent of articles (1990-2006)
Average number of citations (1990-2006)

• Non-paradigmatic (45)
• Liberalism (23)
• Atheoretic (12)
• Realism (10)
• Constructivism (9)
• Marxism (1)

• Realism (17.5)
• Liberalism (17.2)
• Constructivism (16.4)
• Non-paradigmatic (11.1)
• Marxism (8.2)
• Atheoretic (7.9)

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Methods utilized 1980-2006
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Methods utilized 1980-2006
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Methods utilized 1980-2006
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Methods of Respondents and Methods used in
Publication (2000-06)
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Epistemology of articles 1980-2006
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Comparison of Positivists vs. number of
positivist articles published
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Usefulness of various types of research for Policy
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Research, Importance and Percent of Publications
on Different Regions 2000-2007