Provides a framework to demonstrate how to unify formal, theoretical and empirical analysis through various interdisciplinary examples.

At present much of political science consists of a large body of formal mathematical work that remains largely unexplored empirically and an expanding use of so

Political scientists use models to investigate and illuminate causal mechanisms, generate comparative data, and more. But how do we justify and rationalize the

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