Description: Judith A Gillespie Introduction Some Basic Puzzles in Political Inquiry Part One Coherence and Precision in Formal Models Elinor Ostrom Introduction Making Sense Out of a Muddle G R Boynton Linking Problem Definition and Research Activities Using Formal Languages Barbara Salert On the Concept of Threshold Elinor Ostrom Synthesis The Benefits of Coherence and Precision Part Two Structure and Interaction in Dynamic Models Brian L Job Introduction Two Types of Dynamic Models Dagobert L Brito and Michael D Intriligator Arms Races Behavioral and Economic Dimensions Dina A Zinnes et al Modeling Precrisis Interactions Brian L Job Synthesis Problems and Prospects in Dynamic Modeling Part Three Aggregation and Sequence in Linkage Models Charles F Hermann Introduction Choosing a Unit of Analysis James N Rosenau The Civic Self in Transnational Perspective Betty A Nesvold Stages of Political Conflict Charles F Hermann Synthesis Inquiry Problems and Future Research Part Four Cumulation and Synthesis in Integrative Models J Donald Moon Introduction Two Views of Integrative Models Samuel Krislov Building Knowledge About the Judicial Process Vincent Ostrom A Forgotten Tradition The Constitutional Level of Analysis J Donald Moon Synthesis The Problem of Reflexivity in Theory Building

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