Strategies for Studying Causation in Complex Ecological-Political Systems
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Environment & Development
- Vol. 5 (2) , 132-148
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107049659600500202
Abstract
This article shows that some commonly advocated methodological principles of modern political science are inapprapriate for the study of complex ecological-political systems. It also provides conceptual tools for thinking about the causal roles of environmental and demographic factors, and it discusses various strategies for hypothesis and inference testing.Keywords
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