Unknown effects of social innovations

Michael Zürn

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 471-480

Abstract: The omnipresence of radical uncertainty asks for a concept of causality that moves beyond the notion of predicted probabilities. Protean power is a most important contribution to move International Relations research in this direction. Yet, some of the key components need further grounding in existing concepts and debates. First, protean power should include the notion of directionality in order to be power. Second, it should allow for an analysis of the different forms of relation between protean power and different types of uncertainties. And it should focus on features of the power relationship instead of the context in which it takes place to be able to transfer it to contexts other than uncertainty.

Keywords: types of uncertainty; power; causes; context (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1017/S1752971920000251

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