Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies

Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science

David Collier, Gerardo L. Munck

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781538166161
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Historiography
• Index: Social Sciences

Over the past 50 years, scholars across the social sciences have employed critical juncture analysis to understand how social orders are created, become entrenched, and change. In this book, leading scholars from several disciplines offer the first coordinated effort to define this field of research, assess its theoretical and methodological foundations, and use a critical assessment of current practices as a basis for guiding its future. Contributors include stars in this field who have written some of the classic works on critical junctures, as well as the rising stars of the next generation who will continue to shape historical comparative analysis for years to come. Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies will be an indispensable resource for social science research methods scholars and students.

Table of contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Introduction: Tradition and Innovation in Critical Juncture Research David Collier and Gerardo L. Munck
• I. Basics: Core Concepts and Big Substantive Questions
• II. Framework and Methods: Historical Causation and Causal Inference
• III. Substantive Applications I: States and Political Regimes
• IV. Substantive Applications II: Neoliberalism and Political Parties
• V. Conclusion
• Appendix I Conceptions of a Critical Juncture and Cognate Terms
• Appendix II Glossary of Terms Used in Critical Juncture Research
• Appendix III Bibliography of Substantive Research on Critical Junctures
• Appendix IV Examples of Critical Juncture Research
• About the Contributors