Politics in time :: history, institutions, and social analysis /

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 m...

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1. Verfasser: Pierson, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index.
ISBN:9781400841080
1400841089
128325610X
9781283256100
9786613256102
6613256102
0691117152
9780691117157

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