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The chapter by Ellen Immergut provides a very nice survey of the methodological issues faced by historians who search for the proper lens through which to understand historical events and by other social scientists who use history as data to test the limits of alternative theories from social science. Toward the end of the essay, she poses a methodological puzzle from the history of Swedish constitutional reform.
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Congleton, R.D. (2006). Social Science and History: How Predictable Is Political Behavior?. In: Wimmer, A., Kössler, R. (eds) Understanding Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230524644_18
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