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Defending foundations for International Relations theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2009

Fred Chernoff
Fred Chernoff*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
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E-mail: Fchernoff@mail.colgate.edu
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International Theory , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , November 2009 , pp. 466 - 477
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