| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political science -- Methodology.
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Political science -- Methodology. |
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Causation -- Political aspects.
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Causation. |
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World politics -- 1989-
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
1989- |
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Imaginary histories.
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Imaginary histories. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1989 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, Ian.
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Bedi, Sonu.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Political contingency. New York : New York University Press, ©2007 9780814740446 0814740448 (DLC) 2007020644 (OCoLC)134990644 |
| ISBN |
9780814740729 (electronic book) |
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0814740723 (electronic book) |
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9780814740446 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0814740448 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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