List of Tables  vii

List of Figures  ix

Preface  xi

Acknowledgments  xxxi

A Note on Citations  xxxv

Part I: The Stage and the Problem  1

1. Actors and Events  3

2. Constitutional Abdication  37

Part II: Subservience, Common Sense  59

3. Coercion  61

4. Miscalculation  92

5. Ideological Collusion  131

Part III: The Terms of the Challenge  179

6. Collective Alignment: Three Processes  181

7. Diffusion  211

Part IV: Collective Stances  243

8. The Production of Consent  245

9. Vacillations, Convergence  277

Part V: Coda: Judgments of Significance  305

10. The Consistency of Inconsistency  307

11. The Event as Statement  323

Appendix A: Counts and Accounts  333

Appendix B: A Two-Pronged Model of Alignment  346

Bibliography  369

Index  393

Co-Winner, 2009 Barrington Moore Book Award (Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association)

“Ruling Oneself Out presents a compelling theory of why solitary legislative dissent. . . is rare, particularly in highly charged political contexts. . . . [S]cholars. . . should be reading and referring to this book for a long time to come. It should also find its way onto the shelves of social scientists interested in formal modeling, democratic breakdown, and/or exemplary methodology in historical research.”—Malcolm Fairbrother, Contemporary Sociology

“Ruling Oneself Out is an extremely impressive scholarly achievement at multiple levels. It offers a model of how to identify and pose an important research question; that is, a question worth asking and answering not only because it is intrinsically interesting but also because it is theoretically puzzling and at the same time of great practice significance. Ruling Oneself Out is all this and more.”—Howard Kimeldorf, Social Science History

Co-Winner, 2009 Barrington Moore Book Award (Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association)

“Ruling Oneself Out presents a compelling theory of why solitary legislative dissent. . . is rare, particularly in highly charged political contexts. . . . [S]cholars. . . should be reading and referring to this book for a long time to come. It should also find its way onto the shelves of social scientists interested in formal modeling, democratic breakdown, and/or exemplary methodology in historical research.”—Malcolm Fairbrother, Contemporary Sociology

“Ruling Oneself Out is an extremely impressive scholarly achievement at multiple levels. It offers a model of how to identify and pose an important research question; that is, a question worth asking and answering not only because it is intrinsically interesting but also because it is theoretically puzzling and at the same time of great practice significance. Ruling Oneself Out is all this and more.”—Howard Kimeldorf, Social Science History

“In this innovative book, Ivan Ermakoff combines game theory with detailed archival research to provide a brilliant and surprising interpretation of a long-standing historical puzzle. Ruling Oneself Out opens new vistas for the sociological study of historical events.”—William H. Sewell Jr., University of Chicago

“Ruling Oneself Out reads like a novel: we hear the voices of the protagonists, enter their minds, and emerge with an understanding of a fascinating theoretical puzzle. Drawing on richly documented primary sources, employing state-of-the-art analytical tools, and carefully staking theoretical claims, Ivan Ermakoff makes intelligible events that shook world history. A remarkable achievement.”—Adam Przeworski, New York University

“Ruling Oneself Out is a tour de force, a compelling contribution to our understanding of two of the most troubling moments of the past century and the more general phenomenon of democratic representation and its retention.”—David D. Laitin, Stanford University

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