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The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative and Counterfactuals in Institutional Theory
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The causal logic behind many arguments in historical institutionalism emphasizes the enduring impact of choices made during critical junctures in history. These choices close off alternative options and lead to the establishment of institutions that generate self-reinforcing path-dependent processes. Despite the theoretical and practical importance of critical junctures, however, analyses of path dependence often devote little attention to them. The article reconstructs the concept of critica...
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- World Politics
- Volume:
- Volume 59, Number 3
- Pages:
- 341-369
- Publication date:
- 2007-04-01
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- Deposit date:
- 2011-08-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2007
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