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Politics in time : history, institutions, and social analysis / Paul Pierson.

Pierson, Paul, author.
2004
JA78 .P54 2004eb
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Title
Politics in time : history, institutions, and social analysis / Paul Pierson.
Author
Pierson, Paul, author.
ISBN
9781400841080 (electronic bk.)
1400841089 (electronic bk.)
0691117144 (alk. paper)
0691117152 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780691117157
9780691117140
128325610X
9781283256100
9786613256102
6613256102
0691117152
9780691117157
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
9780691117157
Call Number
JA78 .P54 2004eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)759160419
Summary
This groundbreaking book represents the most systematic examination to date of the often-invoked but rarely examined declaration that ""history matters."" Most contemporary social scientists unconsciously take a ""snapshot"" view of the social world. Yet the meaning of social events or processes is frequently distorted when they are ripped from their temporal context. Paul Pierson argues that placing politics in time--constructing ""moving pictures"" rather than snapshots--can vastly enrich our understanding of complex social dynamics, and greatly improve the theories and methods that we us.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Positive feedback and path dependence
Timing and sequence
Long-term processes
The limits of institutional design
Institutional development
Temporal context in social science inquiry.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Pierson, Paul. Politics in time. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004
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