Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
International Relations
Department
Department of Government
Abstract
A major theoretical shortcoming in international relations (IR) is the lack of any semblance of a common understanding regarding the role of grand theory. This article argues that explicit theoretical work of this sort is useful, but that a search for a single overarching grand theory to guide inquiry is misguided and that the primary business of IR is to form and evaluate middle-range theories.
Original Citation
Brooks, S. G. (2017). Distinguising a Minimalist Role for Grand Theorizing. International Relations 31(1), 85-89. doi: 10.1177/0047117817691352
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Brooks, Stephen G., "Distinguishing a Minimalist Role for Grand Theorizing" (2017). Dartmouth Scholarship. 135.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/135
