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Roberts, J. Timmons

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FYI. Two explicitly environmental chapters in here, but others would be interesting.

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Timmons

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From: Tierney, Michael J <mjt...@wm.edu>
Date: Sat, May 30, 2020 at 9:18 AM
Subject: Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations
To: Tierney, Michael J <mjt...@wm.edu>

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I’m reaching out to let you know about a book I have co-edited (with Dan Maliniak, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers), which has just been published by Georgetown University Press. Title: Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations. Given your research and teaching interests (or the fact that you need a door-stop or book art for your coffee table), I thought you might be interested. The book is accessible to undergraduate students and especially interesting for those who are interested in the relationship between agcademia and the policy world. Please do share with anyone you think might be interested.

The book argues that there is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. It is organized as a conversation where academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. It turns out, the gap varies by issue area and over time.

The essays in this volume use data gathered by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project over a fifteen-year period. As a whole, the volume analyzes the structural factors that affect the academy's ability to influence policy across issue areas and the professional incentives that affect scholars' willingness to attempt to do so. Individual chapters explore these questions in the areas of trade, finance, human rights, development, environment, nuclear weapons and strategy, interstate war, and intrastate conflict. Each substantive chapter is followed by a response from a policy practitioner, providing their perspective on the gap and the possibility for academic work to have an impact.

Here is a link to the Google Books preview where you can read the introduction or any chapter you like: https://bit.ly/Bridging-preview

If you would like to purchase the book, it is on sale at a 30% discount with the code TS20 if you buy directly from GUP. Here is a link to the book at GUP:

https://bit.ly/2Bg3b2X

Or if you prefer Amazon, you can find it here...

https://amzn.to/36IdYOZ

Thanks in advance for sharing our research with your friends, colleagues and students.

All best.

Mike

Michael J. Tierney

George and Mary Hylton Professor of Government

Co-Director, Global Research Institute

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA 23187

(Mobile) 757 870 3870