To Explain Political Processes

Tilly, Charles

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To Explain Political Processes

Tilly, Charles·1995·American Journal of Sociology

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Analysts of large-scale political processes frequently invoke invariant models that feature self-contained and self-motivating social units. Few actual political processes conform to such models. Revolutions provide an important example of such reasoning and of its pitfalls. Better models rest on plausible ontologies, specify fields of variation for the phenomena in question, reconstruct causal sequences, and concentrate explanation on links within those sequences.

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Fourth generation accounts remain attached to the same underlying sensibility as previous generations, seeking to capture revolutions within general linear reality.
“they remain attached to the same underlying sensibility that bedeviled previous generations of study, seeking to capture revolutions within 'general linear reality' (Abbott 1988; see also Tilly 1995).”
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Authors: Tilly, C.
Corresponding author: Tilly, Charles
Venue: American Journal of Sociology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995-05
Volume: 100
Issue: 6
Pages: 1594-1610
ISSN: 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
1537-5390
DOI: 10.1086/230673
OpenAlex: W1989706913
Cited by: 371
References: 69
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 26
FWCI: 20.50
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Journal of Sociology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Science Research and Education
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
Keywords: political process, revolution, causal explanation, causal sequences, ontology, social units

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