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Political contingency studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen

Title
Political contingency [electronic resource] : studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen / edited by Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Shapiro, Ian.
  • Bedi, Sonu.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Political contingency (Online)
Subject
  • Political science > Methodology
  • Causation > Political aspects
  • World politics > 1989-
  • Imaginary histories
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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.
LCCN
2007020644
OCLC
ssj0000223410
Title
Political contingency [electronic resource] : studying the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen / edited by Ian Shapiro and Sonu Bedi.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Shapiro, Ian.
Bedi, Sonu.
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