Explaining War and Peace Case Studies and Necessary Condition Counterfactuals

Name: Explaining War and Peace Case Studies and Necessary Condition Counterfactuals
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ISBN: 9780415422338

ISBN-10: 0415422337

ISBN-13: 9780415422338

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gary Goertz, Jack Levy

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This edited volume focuses on the use of necessary condition counterfactuals in explaining two key events in twentieth century history, thenbsp;origins of the First World War and the end of the Cold War. Containing essays by leading figures in the field, this book analyzes the causal logics of necessary and sufficient conditions, demonstrates the variety of different ways in which necessary condition counterfactuals are used to explain the causes of individual events, and identifies errors commonly made in applying this form of causal logic to individual events. It includes discussions of causal chains, contingency, critical junctures, and powder keg explanations, and the role of necessary…

Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


Contributors


Acknowledgments



Introduction




Causal explanation, necessary conditions, and case studies




The role of necessary conditions in the outbreak of World War I




Contingency, catalysts and nonlinear change: the origins of World War I




Powderkegs, sparks and World War I




Necessary conditions and World War I as an unavoidable war




Power, globalization, and the end of the Cold War: reevaluating a landmark case for ideas




Perestroika without politics: how realism misunderstands the Cold War's end




New versus old thinking in qualitative research




The elaboration model and necessary causes




Classroom exercises and website


References


Index