Pierson Politics in Time

History, Institutions, and Social Analysis
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4108-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

PiersonPaul:

Paul Pierson is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Dismantling the Welfare State? which won the Gladys Kammerer Award in 1995 from the American Political Science Association for the best book on American national politics and policy.Paul Pierson is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Dismantling the Welfare State? which won the Gladys Kammerer Award in 1995 from the American Political Science Association for the best book on American national politics and policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierson, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Placing Politics in Time 1

Chapter One

Positive Feedback and Path Dependence 17

Chapter Two

Timing and Sequence 54

Chapter Three

Long-Term Processes 79

Chapter Four

The Limits of Institutional Design 103

Chapter Five

Institutional Development 133

Conclusion

Temporal Context in Social Science Inquiry 167

Bibliography 179

Index 195

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Pierson is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Dismantling the Welfare State? which won the Gladys Kammerer Award in 1995 from the American Political Science Association for the best book on American national politics and policy.