William A. Gorton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Alma College, Michigan.

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

1. Popperian Situational Analysis

Building Models
Against Psychologism and Conspiracy Theories
Methodological Collectivism
Summary

2. Metaphysics, Realism, and Situational Analysis

The Vienna Circle's Positivism
Verificationism, Empiricism, and Metaphysics
Popper's Metaphysical and Scientific Realism
Realism, World 3, and Social Inquiry
Summary

3. Social Laws, the Unity of Scientific Method, and Situational Analysis

Causation, Covering Laws, and Realism
The Unity of Scientific Method
Falsification and Situational Analysis
Summary

4. Situational Analysis and Economic Theory

Rationality and Economic Theory
Situational Analysis and Economic Theory
Explaining Voter Turnout: Rational Choice versus Situational Analysis
Untangling Complex Patterns of Interaction
Summary

5. Popper's Debt to Marx

Popper's Critique of Marx
Popper's Debt to Marx
Popper and the Analytical Marxists
Summary

6. The Shortcomings of Situational Analysis

The Limited Range of Situational Analysis
Irrationality and Situational Analysis
Elster's Model of Revolutions
Summary

Conclusion
Notes
References
Index