Political contingency [electronic resource] : studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen / edited by Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi.
Contributor(s): Shapiro, Ian | Bedi, Sonu | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2007Description: viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Political science -- Methodology | Causation -- Political aspects | World politics -- 1989- | Imaginary historiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.01 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.