{"product_id":"bridging-the-theory-practice-divide-in-international-relations-9781626167827","title":"Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.  The essays in this volume use data gathered by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project over a fifteen-year period. As a whole, the volume analyzes the structural factors that affect the academy’s ability to influence policy across issue areas and the professional incentives that affect scholars’ willingness to attempt to do so. Individual chapters explore these questions in the areas of trade, finance, human rights, development, environment, nuclear weapons and strategy, interstate war, and intrastate conflict. Each substantive chapter is followed by a response from a policy practitioner, providing their perspective on the gap and the possibility for academic work to have an impact.  Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations provides concrete answers and guidance about how and when scholarship can be policy relevant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Explaining the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations:    Uncertainty and Access     Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Michael J. Tierney  2. Rights and Wrongs:     Human Rights at the Intersection of the International Relations Academy and Practice     Amanda Murdie  3. Closing the Influence Gap:     How to Get Better Alignment of Scholars and Practitioners on Human Rights     Sarah E. Mendelson  4. The Study and Practice of Global Environmental Politics:    Policy Influence through Participation    Jessica F. Green and Thomas Hale  5. The Limits of Scholarly Influence on Global Environmental Policy     Marc A. Levy  6. Mind the Gap? Links between Policy and Academic Research of Foreign Aid     Christina J. Schneider  7. Making Academic Research on Foreign Aid More Policy Relevant     Steven Radelet  8. Trade Policy and Trade Policy Research     Edward D. Mansfield and Jon C. W. Pevehouse  9. Making International Relations Research on Trade More Relevant to Policy Officials     Robert B. Zoellick  10. Is International Relations Relevant for International Money and Finance?      Thomas B. Pepinsky and David A. Steinberg  11. Is International Relations Relevant for International Monetary and Financial Policy?      Reflections of an Economist      Dimitri G. Demekas  12. Lost in Translation:      Academics, Policymakers, and Research about Interstate Conflict      Sarah Kreps and Jessica Weeks  13. Reflections from an Erstwhile Policymaker       Peter D. Feaver  14. The Weakest Link? Scholarship and Policy on Intrastate Conflict      Michael G. Findley and Joseph K. Young  15. On the Challenge of Assessing Scholarly Influence on Intrastate Conflict Policy      Scott Edwards  16. The Bumpy Road to a “Science” of Nuclear Strategy       Paul C. Avey and Michael C. Desch  17. Academia’s Influence on National Security Policy:      What Works and What Doesn’t?       John R. Harvey  18. Supply- and Demand-Side Explanations for the Theory-Practice Divide      Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Michael J. Tierney  References  Contributors  Index","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041787019607,"sku":"9781626167827","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781626167827.jpg?v=1750951673","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bridging-the-theory-practice-divide-in-international-relations-9781626167827","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}