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My main purpose in the ensuing pages is to indicate how a research strategy evolved as I became progressively more involved in trying to understand the dynamics of international organizations. The account is presented in some detail because, in retrospect, it illustrates the large extent to which our research strategies are shaped by our subject matter even as they also shape our findings.
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This chapter was published first as: "The Researcher in the United Nations: Evolution of a Research Strategy," in James N. Rosenau (ed.), In Search of Global Patterns. New York: The Free Press, 1976, 58–72. This text is republished with the permission of the author.
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This argument is made more fully in Alger (1963a).
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This discussion is extended in Alger (1970a).
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For a more general assessment of the minimum extent to which systematic research into international organizations has been undertaken, see Alger (1970b).
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These initial impressions and questions were presented in Alger (1961a).
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This study was published as Alger (1963b).
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The two sessions are compared in Alger (1969).
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For further discussion see Alger and Lyons (1974).
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Alger, C.F. (2014). The Researcher in the United Nations: Evolution of a Research Strategy. In: Chadwick F. Alger. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00509-6_3
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