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

ISBN: 9780814740965 出版年：2007 页码：305 Shapiro New York University Press

Introduction: Contingency's Challenge to Political ScienceIan Shapiro and Sonu BediPart I Roots of Contingency1 From Fortune to Feedback: Contingency and the Birth of Modern Political Science David Wootton2 Mapping Contingency Andreas Schedler3 Resilience as the Explanandum of Social Theory Philip PettitPart II Contingency's Challenge4 Events as Causes: The Case of American Politics David R. Mayhew5 Contingent Public Policies and Racial Hierarchy: Lessons from Immigration and Census Policies Jennifer Hochschild and Traci Burch6 Region, Contingency, and Democratization Susan StokesPart III What Is to Be Done?7 Contingency, Politics, and the Nature of Inquiry: Why Non-Events Matter Gregory A. Huber9 When Democracy Complicates Peace: How Democratic Contingencies Affect Negotiated Settlements Courtney Jung10 Contingency in Biophysical Research Robert G. Shulman and Mark R. ShulmanContributors Index