THE LACK OF CUMULATION IN FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES: THE CASE OF BRITAIN AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 205-225
ISSN: 0304-4130
IN THIS ARTICLE THE LACK OF CUMULATION IN FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES IS DISCUSSED BY WAY OF ANALYZING FOURTEEN BOOKS ON BRITISH POLICY ON WESTERN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. NO N-USE OF PRIOR STUDIES WITHIN THE SAME SUBJECT AREA IS FOUND, AND THE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THIS IS DISCUSSED. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.