Editing Markov chain (section)

===Social sciences===
Markov chains are generally used in describing [[path-dependent]] arguments, where current structural configurations condition future outcomes. An example is the reformulation of the idea, originally due to [[Karl Marx]]'s {{lang|de|[[Das Kapital]]}}, tying [[economic development]] to the rise of [[capitalism]]. In current research, it is common to use a Markov chain <!-- this is actually a Markov perefect equilibria, not simply a Markov chain, I'll try to remember get back to this ~~~~ --> to model how once a country reaches a specific level of economic development, the configuration of structural factors, such as size of the [[middle class]], the ratio of urban to rural residence, the rate of [[political]] mobilization, etc., will generate a higher probability of transitioning from [[authoritarian]] to [[democratic regime]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Acemoglu |first= Daron |author2=Georgy Egorov |author3=Konstantin Sonin |title= Political model of social evolution |journal= Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |year= 2011 |volume= 108 |issue= Suppl 4 |pages= 21292–21296 |doi= 10.1073/pnas.1019454108 |pmid= 22198760 |pmc= 3271566 |citeseerx= 10.1.1.225.6090 |bibcode= 2011PNAS..10821292A|doi-access= free }}</ref>