The multi-level perspective provides such a plot for the study of transitions. Still, causal narratives
of specific transitions need to trace event sequences and the conjunctures within and between levels.
With regard to Skocpol’s famous work on socio-political revolutions, Sewell (1996) makes a similar
point, arguing that the plausibility of her framework derives not only from theoretical logic, but also
from “carefully constructed causal narratives specifying how social revolutions are brought about
in her three cases” (p. 260). “In fact, all three revolutions can be narrated convincingly in terms of
the operation of analogous causal processes. (...) The ‘proof’ is less in the formal logic than in the
successful narrative ordering of circumstantial detail” (p. 262). Although the specific event sequences
of each revolution (or transition) are different, process theories such as Skocpol’s framework or the
MLP can claim versatility or generality when they are able to identify recurring causal patterns.