"Every once in a long while a book comes along that shifts the debate entirely by altering the vantage point from which we approach the study of politics. This is such a book. Maneuvering masterfully across diverse literatures and drawing on an extraordinary range of empirical cases, Pierson identifies key mechanisms that give meaning and precision to the abstract claim that history matters. Through analysis and illustration, he provides new insights into exactly how, when, and why this is true. This is an enormously important and agenda-setting work."--Kathleen Thelen, Northwestern University
"Paul Pierson is a leading voice in new social science debates on temporality and path dependence. He has now taken a major step forward by unifying his arguments in an integrated statement. This book will be indispensable for scholars across several disciplines who are concerned with comparative-historical analysis, innovative perspectives on causal assessment, and integrative approaches that bridge qualitative and quantitative methods."---David Collier, University of California, Berkeley
"Politics in Time is a splendid book that will shape debates in political science and beyond for many years to come. It represents the most systematic and thorough statement on theorizing temporal processes in the social sciences ever written. Pierson sets new agendas by challenging researchers to take time seriously, especially those who work in analytic traditions that traditionally have been relatively atemporal."--James Mahoney, Brown University, author of The Legacies of Liberalism
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
El Arte de la Guerra
Hakaiju 04
Strobe Edge 04 (Cómic)
Truebo Color: Nuevas Aventuras 07