Levels of analysis CHAPTER ONE International Relations 9/e Goldstein and Pevehouse Pearson Education, Inc. © 2010 Joshua S. Goldstein and Jon C. Pevehouse

Levels of Analysis Many actors involved in IR Leads to complexity of competing explanations and theories Response: IR scholars sorted out the influences, actors, and processes, and categorize them into different levels of analysis Perspective on IR based on a set of similar actors or processes that suggests possible explanations to “why” questions Individual, domestic (state or societal), interstate, global levels of analysis Example of applying different levels of analysis War in Iraq No correct level for a given “why” question. Levels of analysis help suggest multiple explanations and approaches to consider in trying to explain an event. © 2010 Joshua S. Goldstein and Jon C. Pevehouse

Table 1.3 © 2010 Joshua S. Goldstein and Jon C. Pevehouse