Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 23:13:52 +0000
From: Colin Wight <Colin.Wight-AT-aber.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: BHA: Re: Need Help Fast


Hi Marshall,

On the relationship between CR and research methods have a look at Derek
Layder, 'New Strategies of Social Research' he is basically a realist and
goes into all of this. I think the problem you are addressing is
fundamental to CR. Indeed Heikki Patomaki (a CR'er some on the list may
know) and I are thinking of writing an article on how CR might affect
research practices in International Relations. i do have quite a bit of
material on this already. If you want I can supply refs. (when I manange to
get my act together I will send them all to the WSCR bibliography.)

On the more fundamental thing of getting your research affiliated to an
institution. You would have to supply me with more details. For example,
how do i explain to my head of department that it is in our interests as a
dept. I've put it this way to put the issue starkly, my head of dept is
actually a real diamond, and we do have regular visiting scholars, but
before I appraoch him I'd like to know more about the situation. have a
look at the DEpt of Int/pol web page. We are actually about the biggest
Int/Pol dept in the UK, comparable to the LSE, and one of the most
prestigious in the world. Int/POl as a discipline was actually started here
after WWI. Also in geoography here there are a number of people who did
there research with Sayer so there is probably with could tentativley be
called a CR contigent. Anyway, let me have more details, give me an an
angle to sell the idea to my boss and if you are interested I will see what
i can do.


Hope this helps,

>
===========================================================Dr. Colin Wight
Department of International Politics
University of Wales
Aberystwyth
Wales
SY23 3DA
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