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Progressive Research on Degenerate Alliances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Thomas J. Christensen  and
Jack Snyder
Thomas J. Christensen
Affiliation:
Cornell University
Jack Snyder
Affiliation:
Columbia University
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Abstract

Our article (1990) on alliance dynamics in multipolarity, which John Vasquez criticizes, differs from some neorealist approaches by incorporating variables from the theory of the security dilemma, including perceptual factors. Nonetheless, our argument meets Imre Lakatos's criteria for a progressive problem shift insofar as it explains more than the original theory, does so parsimoniously, has been successfully applied to new domains, and does not introduce new assumptions that contradict the core of the original theory.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 91 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 919 - 922
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1997

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