| Description |
viii, 296 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Political science -- Methodology.
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Causation -- Political aspects.
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World politics -- 1989-
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Imaginary histories.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, Ian.
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Bedi, Sonu.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780814740446 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0814740448 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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