Broadening the Horizons of the “International” by Historicizing it: Comparative Historical Analysis

Authors : Mustafa Serdar PALABIYIK

Pages : 307-325

Doi:10.20991/allazimuth.477305

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Publication Date : 2019-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article intends to analyze the use of comparative historical analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CHA); in the discipline of International Relations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IR);. After describing the historical evolution and fundamental premises of CHA, the article continues with the classification of CHA. Then the strengths and weaknesses of the method as well as its utilization by various theories of IR are discussed. The second part of the article deals with the employment of CHA by the author of this article in his own research design, in order to give an idea that how CHA might contribute to a better understanding of the “international”. In doing that, the advantages and disadvantages of the method are revisited in a way to show the contributions provided as well as the difficulties encountered in practice. The article concludes that CHA might contribute to the study of IR by enhancing interdisciplinary approaches and by adding a socio-historical depth to the ‘international’, which helps to overcome historicism and presentism at the same time. 
Keywords : Comparative historical analysis, international relations, history, method