| Compare-Theory-Report All fields 003 | Page Format |
| | Number sort to group items | 00.a |
| | Class-Defined | . |
| | Theory-name | Generic Theory |
| | Theory-Purpose | 1.Theories are collections or sets of Laws Pertaining to a particular Behavior or |
| | phenomenon. 2. For K.Waltz better = Theories Explain Laws. Laws are "facts of |
| | Observation", Theories are "speculative processes introduced to explain them" |
| | Note | 1..Theories contain at least one theoretical assumption. Since not factual - can ask if |
| | useful.2. Must be evaluated in terms of what claim to explain. 3. As general |
| | explanatory system, cannot account for particularities.-Waltz -ToIP p. 118 |
| | Definition-power | NA.= Not Applicable for Power |
| | Measure-success | Is the Theory internally constant and will it tell us things we would not know in its |
| | absence. Depict a domain. Displays its organization & connections among parts, |
| | compare with observations, |
| | Motivation-Actors | . |
| | Foreign-relations-internat-sys: | . |
| | National-Interest | . |
| | System-Change-Stability | . |
| | Prescriptions | . |
| | Reliability | . |
| | Literature-Defined | . |
| | Theoretical-Proposition | . |
| | Units-Analysis | . |
| | Instruments | . |
| | Modern-Theorists | . |
| | Modern-Works | . |
| | Post-Cold-War | . |
| | Limitation | . |
| | Reference | . |
| | link | . |
| | Sort-Catagories | . |
| | What-necesary-assumption: | . |
| | How-test | Are expected behaviors and outcomes repeatedly found where the conditions |
| | contemplated by the theory obtain? -Waltz -ToIP p. 123 Choose hard case situations, |
| | for example, in which parties have strong reasons to behave counter to predictions. |
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