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On Duverger and “Laws of Politics”
PS, political science & politics, Vol.56(2), pp.213-217
04/01/2023
Web of Science ID: WOS:000898930100001
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Abstract
In “In Laws of Politics and How to Establish Them,” Erik Weber contends that my arguments for the existence of “five laws of politics” are “inconclusive.” Although the “empirical evidence is impressive,” he avers, the “underlying social mechanisms” responsible for the adduced relationships are missing. Without it, he adds, no empirical relationship rises to the special status of a “law” of politics. Helpfully, Weber did not stop there. Using the example of Duverger’s laws, he suggested ways to close the “argumentative gap.” In this article, I aim to do just that.
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- Title
- On Duverger and “Laws of Politics”
- Publication Details
- PS, political science & politics, Vol.56(2), pp.213-217
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association
- Copyright
- © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association
- Identifiers
- WOS:000898930100001; 99380171562906600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government
- Language
- English