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Path dependence in historical sociology
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Trajectory is a path, but path dependence contains a particular event-such as a critical juncture-that can derail the sequence into an alternative one.
“The difference is that trajectory is a path, but path dependence contains a particular event-for instance, a critical juncture-that can 'derail' the sequence into an alternative one (Caren and Panofsky 2005: 163;Gerring 2007;Mahoney 2000).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mahoney, J.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mahoney, James
- ORCID
- Mahoney, James
- Venue
- Theory and Society
- Published
- 2000-08
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 507-548
- ISSN
- 0304-2421 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7853
- OpenAlex
- W2117592571
- Cited by
- 3,469
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 296 · 2025: 149 · 2024: 148 · 2023: 115 · 2022: 128 · 2021: 176 · 2020: 165 · 2019: 224 · 2018: 259 · 2017: 161 · 2016: 141 · 2015: 152 · 2014: 166 · 2013: 167 · 2012: 152
- FWCI
- 102.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Theory and Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › German Social Sciences and History
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Keywords
- path dependence, historical sociology, social change, institutional change
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