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GPFP Assignment 1 (Hudson: Overview and evolution... (post-cold war era (a…

- - - - COmparative FPA: controlled comparison helps understand the mechanisms
      - Quantitative element of FPA:
        creating data, often based on media releases (e.g. newspaper articles), interviews etc --> basis for QN FPA
      - extension of scope by inclusion of non-state actors
      - many different databases, e.g on war and peace, conflict behavior and resolution
      - differentiation to IR:
        individual leaders or groups of decision makers are often the primary drivers of outcomes in international interactions
    - - for QND: bias in sampling, because non-events can hardly be measured and quantified --> only the events are sampled --> causes can hardly be found and explained
      - even though not state-centrist, in reality the collected data is still usually connected to or based on the state in order to explain the interplay of individuals and groups in the decision-making proess
  - - - three models (see Cuban Missile Crisis)