The Causal Logic of Critical Junctures

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1572-1597

  Soifer, Hillel David ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

causation; critical juncture; historical analysis; path dependence; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870216308     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414012463902     Document Type: Article

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