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Ruling Oneself Out
A Theory of Collective Abdications
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Ivan Ermakoff
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Edited by:
Julia Adams
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English
Published/Copyright:
2008
About this book
Ruling Oneself Out develops a sociological theory to account for collective abdications of power such as those of the German Reichstag in 1933 and the French parliament in 1940.
Author / Editor information
Ivan Ermakoff is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Reviews
“Ruling Oneself Out presents a compelling theory of why solitary legislative dissent. . . is rare, particularly in highly charged political contexts. . . . [S]cholars. . . should be reading and referring to this book for a long time to come. It should also find its way onto the shelves of social scientists interested in formal modeling, democratic breakdown, and/or exemplary methodology in historical research.” - Malcolm Fairbrother, Contemporary Sociology
“Ruling Oneself Out is an extremely impressive scholarly achievement at multiple levels. It offers a model of how to identify and pose an important research question; that is, a question worth asking and answering not only because it is intrinsically interesting but also because it is theoretically puzzling and at the same time of great practice significance. Ruling Oneself Out is all this and more.” - Howard Kimeldorf, Social Science History
“Ruling Oneself Out is a tour de force, a compelling contribution to our understanding of two of the most troubling moments of the past century and the more general phenomenon of democratic representation and its retention.”—David D. Laitin, Stanford University
“Ruling Oneself Out reads like a novel: we hear the voices of the protagonists, enter their minds, and emerge with an understanding of a fascinating theoretical puzzle. Drawing on richly documented primary sources, employing state-of-the-art analytical tools, and carefully staking theoretical claims, Ivan Ermakoff makes intelligible events that shook world history. A remarkable achievement.”—Adam Przeworski, New York University
“In this innovative book, Ivan Ermakoff combines game theory with detailed archival research to provide a brilliant and surprising interpretation of a long-standing historical puzzle. Ruling Oneself Out opens new vistas for the sociological study of historical events.”—William H. Sewell Jr., University of Chicago
“Ruling Oneself Out is an extremely impressive scholarly achievement at multiple levels. It offers a model of how to identify and pose an important research question; that is, a question worth asking and answering not only because it is intrinsically interesting but also because it is theoretically puzzling and at the same time of great practice significance. Ruling Oneself Out is all this and more.”
-- Howard Kimeldorf Social Science History
“Ruling Oneself Out presents a compelling theory of why solitary legislative dissent. . . is rare, particularly in highly charged political contexts. . . . [S]cholars. . . should be reading and referring to this book for a long time to come. It should also find its way onto the shelves of social scientists interested in formal modeling, democratic breakdown, and/or exemplary methodology in historical research.”
-- Malcolm Fairbrother Contemporary Sociology
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Part I : The Stage and the Problem
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Part II : Subservience, Common Sense
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eBook published on:
April 21, 2008
eBook ISBN:
9780822388722
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Main content:
440
Other:
35 tables, 17 figures
eBook ISBN:
9780822388722
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
