Unintended but not unanticipated consequences

The concept Bunanticipated consequences,^coined by Robert K. conflation suggests that Bunintended^consequences are also Bunanticipated,^effectively obscuring an interesting and real category of phenomena-consequences that are both unintended and anticipated-that warrant separate attention. The first part of this article traces the conflation of Bunintended^and Bunanticipated,^and explains why it occurred. The second part argues the need for a clear distinction between what is unintended and what is unanticipated, and it illustrates the failure of the present concept of Bunintended consequences^to do so and the consequences that has for social and political analysis.