A companion piece to Federico Finchelstein’s From Fascism to Populism in History, this generally well-written but otherwise problematic work, presents a conceptual history of “lying” with fa...

This work represents a linguistic excursion into the “spatial conflict” field—defined here as a “theatre of war” or more precisely “technocratic security model” that intersects with the “lives of i...

This timely work provides the fullest account to date of “agnotology”—the study of ignorance—and how much of this ignorance is produced by science whether intended or unintended.1 Whether it be glo...

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An Imperial State at War: Britain from 1689 to 1815. Edited by Lawrence Stone (London: Routledge, 1994), 374 pp., £40.00 cloth.

The European Legacy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 393-398, June 2012.

The paper reports an investigation on whether valid results can be achieved in analyzing the structure of datasets although a large percentage of data is missing without replacement. Two types of confirmatory factor analysis models were employed for this purpose: the missing data CFA model with an additional latent variable for representing the missing data and the semi-hierarchical CFA model that also includes the additional latent variable and reflects the hierarchical structure assumed to underlie the data. Whereas, the missing data (...) CFA model assumes that the model is equally valid for all participants, the semi-hierarchical CFA model is implicitly specified differently for subgroups of participants with and without omissions. The comparison of these models with the regular one-factor model in investigating simulated binary data revealed that the modeling of missing data prevented negative effects of missing data on model fit. The investigation of the accuracy in estimating the factor loadings yielded the best results for the semi-hierarchical CFA model. The average estimated factor loadings for items with and without omissions showed the expected equal sizes. But even this model tended to underestimate the expected values. (shrink)

In this provocative, insightful challenge to contemporary U.S. military performance, Dr. Donald Stoker argues that America endures needlessly prolonged, if not inconclusive, wars because its leader...

Sir Herbert Butterfield was one of the leading British historians of the twentieth century. A diplomatic historian by training, he branched out into a variety of fields including historiography, the history of science and international theory. The International Thought of Sir Herbert Butterfield brings together material from Butterfield's previously unpublished papers and a critical commentary from two leading Butterfield scholars: Sharp and Schweizer. They recover Butterfield's contribution to international thought, particularly his role as a founding member of the British Committee (...) on the theory of international politics (also known as the English School). (shrink)

The traditional conception and validation of state identity, if not legitimacy, has in recent decades, so argues Jason Royce Lindsey, undergone profound alterations in response to novel transformat...

A companion piece to Federico Finchelstein’s From Fascism to Populism in History, this generally well-written but otherwise problematic work, presents a conceptual history of “lying” with fa...

A notable development in world politics today is the increasing unpredictability of state behavior—a dynamic producing various patterns of uncertainty, chronic anxiety and escalation that increase...

In this innovative work, Gustav Kuhn offers the first coherent attempt to explore the psycho-neurological processes underlying the experience of magic, utilizing scientific precepts to provide intr...

The present work explores what is distinctive about science by analyzing the nature of scientific knowledge within a wider than conventional framework: broadening the focus on “physical science” to...

Author of the acclaimed Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, Lyndal Roper has here produced a somewhat cryptic sequel: a series of related essays, explaining why Luther was such a dominant, controv...

Supported by extensive research, Artificial Unintelligence cogently challenges the prevailing technophile hype extolling the unlimited ways in which technology supposedly can “change the world for...

Although there have long been protective arrangements to safeguard diplomats and embassies abroad—notably norms and guarantees codified in multilateral treaties, such as the 1969 UN Convention on S...

In this important and timely work, Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro examine the current and growing prevalence of dogmatic, intellectually rigid forms of thought—so-called “Fundamentalisms”—whi...

An impressive scholarly achievement, The Opinion of Mankind aims to highlight the depth and originality of David Hume and Adam Smith as political theorists by demonstrating how their respective wri...