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Using Event History Analysis in Historical Research: With Illustrations from a Study of the Passage of Women's Protective Legislation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2010

Holly J. McCammon
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Historians and social scientists often investigate the conditions that influence the occurrence of particular events. For instance, a researcher might be concerned with the causes of revolutionary action in some countries or the forces that unleash racial rioting in major cities. Or perhaps the researcher wishes to examine why industrial workers decide to strike or what prompts policy-makers to pass new legislation. In each of these examples, a qualitative shift occurs, from a circumstance without racial rioting in a particular city, for instance, to one with racial rioting. Event history analysis can aid researchers in uncovering the conditions that lead to such a shift.

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International Review of Social History , Volume 43 , supplement S6: New methods for social history , December 1998 , pp. 33 - 55
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Copyright © Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis 1998

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