This volume ws the winner of The International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award 2013‎,‎ presented by the International Studies Association and The Yale H‎.‎ Ferguson Award 2012‎,‎ presented by International Studies Association‎-Northeast‎.‎ There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge‎.‎ The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences‎,‎ and to their implications for concrete research on world politics‎.‎ The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics‎.‎ The author draws attention to the problems caused by the misleading notion of a single unified scientific method‎,‎ and proposes a framework that clarifies the variety of ways that IR scholars establish the authority and validity of their empirical claims‎.‎ Jackson connects philosophical considerations with concrete issues of research design within neopositivist‎,‎ critical realist‎,‎ analyticist‎,‎ and reflexive approaches to the study of world politics‎.‎ Envisioning a pluralist science for a global IR field‎,‎ this volume organizes the significant differences between methodological stances so as to promote internal consistency‎,‎ public discussion‎,‎ and worldly insight as the hallmarks of any scientific study of world politics‎.‎ This important volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of International Relations‎,‎ Political Science and Philosophy of Science‎.‎