On Duverger and “Laws of Politics”

IF 2.2 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Ps-Political Science & Politics Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI:10.1017/S1049096522001226

Alfred G. Cuzán

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Abstract

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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论杜维杰与“政治法则”

在《政治法则及其建立》一书中，埃里克·韦伯认为我关于“政治五法则”存在的论证是“不确定的”。尽管“经验证据令人印象深刻，”他断言，但导致引证关系的“潜在社会机制”却缺失了。他补充说，没有它，任何经验关系都不会上升到政治“法则”的特殊地位。有益的是，韦伯并没有止步于此。他以Duverger定律为例，提出了缩小“论证差距”的方法。在本文中，我的目标就是做到这一点。

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166

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