《国际社会中的国家利益》中的案例分析法研究

Case Study Method of《National Interests in International Society》

玛莎·芬妮莫尔所著《国际社会中的国家利益》不仅是建构主义国际关系理论代表性著作之一,更是案例分析法应用的经典之作。作者在传统理论所不能解释的特定国家行为上,通过三个“低政治”案例揭示了这些行为背后所隐含的“适当性逻辑”,在证实了国家利益是可以“传授”的同时,也展示了案例研究法的特有优点。案例分析法不仅有着对个案作出历史性解释、进行假设验证、易与其他研究方法搭配使用等突出优点;而且,研究者若能获取可靠的事实材料,借助于独特的解读视角,还可以进行补充原有理论、提出新理论等开拓性研究。

《National Interests in the International Society》,writted by Martha Fanny more is not only one of the representative works of constructivist international relations theory,but also a classic work of case analysis.The author reveals the“appropriate logic”behind these behaviors through three“low-political”cases in the behavior of specific countries that traditional theory cannot explain.It also confirms that national interests can be“delivered”,and demonstrates the unique advantages of the case study method.The case study method has the outstanding advantages of making case interpretations,hypothesis verification,and easy to use with other research methods.Moreover,researchers can also carry out pioneering research such as supplementing the original theory and proposing new theories,if they can obtain reliable factual materials,and with the help of unique interpretation perspectives.