Political contingency:studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen
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New York University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 296 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780814740446 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814740448 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D0 |
CLC: |
D0-03 D50-1 |
Call Number: | D0-03/P769 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Contingency's challenge to political science / Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi -- From fortune to feedback : contingency and the birth of modern political science / David Wootton -- Mapping contingency / Andreas Schedler -- Resilience as the explanandum of social theory / Philip Pettit -- Events as causes : the case of American politics / David R. Mayhew -- Contingent public policies and racial hierarchy : lessons from immigration and census policies / Jennifer Hochschild and Traci Burch -- Region, contingency, and democratization / Susan Stokes -- Contingency, politics, and the nature of inquiry : why non-events matter / Gregory A. Huber -- Modeling contingency / Elisabeth Jean Wood -- When democracy complicates peace : how democratic contingencies affect negotiated settlements / Courtney Jung -- Contingency in biophysical research / Robert G. Shulman and Mark R. Shulman. |