Probably Democratic: Probability Theory, Chance, and Democratic Theory.

Authors :: Peden, Mindy
Source :: Conference Papers -- Midwestern Political Science Association. 2007 Annual Meeting, p1-31. 0p.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: This paper explores possible alternative uses for the role of luck in theorizing democracy and explores how the potentially fortune friendly use of probability theory in the social sciences has been misrepresented to highlight an imaginary predictability of political life that leads many theorists to shy away from its use. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]