Most research questions and theory in quantitative peace and conflict research are fundamentally causal. However, a large gap exists in the extant literature between research question and research methodology. Not only does most existing methodology fail to achieve what most quantitative peace scholars attempt, but many researchers do not appear to be aware of these limitations. In this dissertation, I outline five key shortcomings within this literature that, left unaddressed, create results that are not informative of the questions quantitative peace researchers are interested in. This dissertation demonstrates solutions addressing these shortcomings with two applied chapters, conducting causal research designs on a study examining the economic impact of United Nations peacekeeping operations and the effect of human rights treaties on repression, respectively. I find that conventionally-established results in the literature change dramatically when exposed to methodological changes informed by the causal inference literature.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2257739 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Lookabaugh Jr., Brian Scott |
| Contributors | Greig, J. M., Mason, T. D., DeMeritt, Jacqueline H., Biglaiser, Glen |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Lookabaugh Jr., Brian Scott, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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