Political Contingency : Studying the Unexpected, the Accidental, and the Unforeseen.

Political Contingency : Studying the Unexpected, the Accidental, and the Unforeseen.

History is replete with instances of what might, or might not, have been. By calling something contingent, at a minimum we are saying that it did not have to be as it is. Things could have been otherwise, and they would have been otherwise if something had happened differently. This collection of or...

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Main Author: Shapiro, Ian
Other Authors: Bedi, Sonu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Since 1989
Political science > Methodology.
Causation > Political aspects.
World politics > 1989-
Imaginary histories.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Imaginary histories
Political science > Methodology
World politics
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Table of Contents:
  • Shapiro_Bedi_frnt; 9780814740446_Sharp_POD.pdf; Contents; Introduction: Contingency's Challenge to Political Science; Part I: Roots of Contingency; 1 From Fortune to Feedback: Contingency and the Birth of Modern Political Science; 2 Mapping Contingency; 3 Resilience as the Explanandum of Social Theory; Part II: Contingency's Challenge; 4 Events as Causes: The Case of American Politics; 5 Contingent Public Policies and Racial Hierarchy: Lessons from Immigration and Census Policies; 6 Region, Contingency, and Democratization; Part III: What Is to Be Done?
  • 7 Contingency, Politics, and the Nature of Inquiry: Why Non-Events Matter8 Modeling Contingency; 9 When Democracy Complicates Peace: How Democratic Contingencies Affect Negotiated Settlements; 10 Contingency in Biophysical Research; Contributors; Index.

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