History, agency, and political change

Polity

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-338

  Hattam, Victoria ^a  

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References (30)

1. See James G. March and Johan Olsen, "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life," APSR 78 (1984): 734-49; Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Reuschmeyer, and Theda Skocpol, eds., Bringing the State Back In (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985); Paul Pierson, "When Effect Becomes Cause: Policy Feedback and Political Change," World Politics 45, 4 (July 1993): 595-628; Margaret Weir, Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992); and Polsky in this forum.
2. See James G. March and Johan Olsen, "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life," APSR 78 (1984): 734-49; Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Reuschmeyer, and Theda Skocpol, eds., Bringing the State Back In (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985); Paul Pierson, "When Effect Becomes Cause: Policy Feedback and Political Change," World Politics 45, 4 (July 1993): 595-628; Margaret Weir, Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992); and Polsky in this forum.
3. See James G. March and Johan Olsen, "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life," APSR 78 (1984): 734-49; Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Reuschmeyer, and Theda Skocpol, eds., Bringing the State Back In (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985); Paul Pierson, "When Effect Becomes Cause: Policy Feedback and Political Change," World Politics 45, 4 (July 1993): 595-628; Margaret Weir, Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992); and Polsky in this forum.
4. See James G. March and Johan Olsen, "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life," APSR 78 (1984): 734-49; Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Reuschmeyer, and Theda Skocpol, eds., Bringing the State Back In (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985); Paul Pierson, "When Effect Becomes Cause: Policy Feedback and Political Change," World Politics 45, 4 (July 1993): 595-628; Margaret Weir, Politics and Jobs: The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992); and Polsky in this forum.
5. For a fascinating account of common sense, see Clifford Geertz, "Common Sense," in his Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretative Anthropology (New York: Basic Books, 1983): 73-93.
6. Of course, many comparativists have engaged in extensive historical research. What I am arguing is that historical research has a particular methodological import in the subfield of American politics, not that it does not exist elsewhere. For fine examples of comparative historical institutionalist research, see Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth, eds., Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992); Peter A. Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986); Colleen Dunlavy, Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994); and Ellen Immergut, Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
7. Of course, many comparativists have engaged in extensive historical research. What I am arguing is that historical research has a particular methodological import in the subfield of American politics, not that it does not exist elsewhere. For fine examples of comparative historical institutionalist research, see Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth, eds., Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992); Peter A. Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986); Colleen Dunlavy, Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994); and Ellen Immergut, Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
8. Of course, many comparativists have engaged in extensive historical research. What I am arguing is that historical research has a particular methodological import in the subfield of American politics, not that it does not exist elsewhere. For fine examples of comparative historical institutionalist research, see Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth, eds., Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992); Peter A. Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986); Colleen Dunlavy, Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994); and Ellen Immergut, Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
9. Of course, many comparativists have engaged in extensive historical research. What I am arguing is that historical research has a particular methodological import in the subfield of American politics, not that it does not exist elsewhere. For fine examples of comparative historical institutionalist research, see Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth, eds., Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992); Peter A. Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986); Colleen Dunlavy, Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994); and Ellen Immergut, Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
10. Of course, many comparativists have engaged in extensive historical research. What I am arguing is that historical research has a particular methodological import in the subfield of American politics, not that it does not exist elsewhere. For fine examples of comparative historical institutionalist research, see Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions; Sven Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen, and Frank Longstreth, eds., Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992); Peter A. Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986); Colleen Dunlavy, Politics and Industrialization: Early Railroads in the United States and Prussia (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994); and Ellen Immergut, Health Politics: Interests and Institutions in Western Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992).
11. See Stephen Skowronek, Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, 1877-1920 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982); and Karren Orren, Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
12. See Stephen Skowronek, Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, 1877-1920 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982); and Karren Orren, Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
13. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
14. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
15. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
16. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
17. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
18. See Gerald Berk, Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1916 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993); Gary Herrigel, Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Richard Locke, Remaking the Italian Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997); Gretchen Ritter, Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Anti-monopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance, 1865-1896 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997); Victoria Hattam, Labor Visions and State Power: The Origins of Business Unionism in the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993); Anne Norton, Alternative Americas: A Reading of Antebellum Political Culture (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1989).
19. See Ira Katznelson, City Trenches: Urban Politics and the Patterning of Class in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982).
20. See Rogers Smith, Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997).
21. This section draws on my current research on ethnicity and American racial politics. For a preview of the larger argument, see Victoria Hattam, "Ethnicity, Racial Discourse, and Coalition Politics," paper prepared for delivery at the APSA meetings in Atlanta, GA, September 1-5, 1999.
22. For the invention of ethnicity, see Werner Sollors, ed., The Invention of Ethnicity (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), intro.
23. For fascinating discussions of eighteenth and nineteenth century racial discourse, see George W. Stocking, "Lamarckianism in American Social Science, 1890-1915," in his Race, Culture, and Evolution: Essays in the History of Anthropology (New York: Free Press, 1968); and Nicholas Hudson, "From 'Nation' to 'Race': The Origin of Racial Classification in Eighteenth-Century Thought," Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, 3 (1996): 247-64.
24. For fascinating discussions of eighteenth and nineteenth century racial discourse, see George W. Stocking, "Lamarckianism in American Social Science, 1890-1915," in his Race, Culture, and Evolution: Essays in the History of Anthropology (New York: Free Press, 1968); and Nicholas Hudson, "From 'Nation' to 'Race': The Origin of Racial Classification in Eighteenth-Century Thought," Eighteenth-Century Studies 29, 3 (1996): 247-64.
25. Many have pointed out the liminal location of Asian Americans, and Hispanics within American ethnic and racial classificatory schema. For example, see Peter Skerry, Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993); and Claire Jean Kim, "The Triangulation of Asian Americans," Politics and Society 27, 1 (March 1999): 105-138.
26. Many have pointed out the liminal location of Asian Americans, and Hispanics within American ethnic and racial classificatory schema. For example, see Peter Skerry, Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993); and Claire Jean Kim, "The Triangulation of Asian Americans," Politics and Society 27, 1 (March 1999): 105-138.
27. For a brief review of contemporary arguments over contemporary immigrants' cultural and political identification, see Hattam, "Ethnicity, Racial Discourse, and Coalition Politics," 5-10.
28. My thinking on presentism has been influenced by three essays: Joan Scott, "The Evidence of Experience," Critical Inquiry 17, 4 (Summer 1991): 773-97; Ira Katznelson, "The State to the Rescue? Political Science and History Reconnect," Social Research 59, 4 (Winter 1992): 719-37; and Anne Norton, "95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method," manuscript.
29. My thinking on presentism has been influenced by three essays: Joan Scott, "The Evidence of Experience," Critical Inquiry 17, 4 (Summer 1991): 773-97; Ira Katznelson, "The State to the Rescue? Political Science and History Reconnect," Social Research 59, 4 (Winter 1992): 719-37; and Anne Norton, "95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method," manuscript.
30. My thinking on presentism has been influenced by three essays: Joan Scott, "The Evidence of Experience," Critical Inquiry 17, 4 (Summer 1991): 773-97; Ira Katznelson, "The State to the Rescue? Political Science and History Reconnect," Social Research 59, 4 (Winter 1992): 719-37; and Anne Norton, "95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method," manuscript.