A Political Sociology of the European Union: Reassessing Constructivism - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719082439 ISBN 13 : 9780719082436

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The study of the European Union has historically been a theoretical battleground. Since the 1990s, new theoretical directions such as neo-institutionalism, multi-level governance and constructivism have provided a new impetus. However, despite these new inroads, empirical work has often remained sociologically and empirically underspecified. This volume seeks to bridge the gap between theory and fieldwork by developing an actor-centred political sociology. In doing so, the volume engages in a critical dialogue with the constructivist framework and proposes to build on its insights through a sociological hardening centred on European actors.

The renewal of European studies through political sociology is only useful if it generates new understandings through empirical observation. This volume seeks to take a new tack on constructivism by asking what it is that Europe constructs by looking at three areas- social spaces and professions, policy 'problems' and policies and policy instruments such as the Eurobarometer.

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A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jay Rowell is a full time researcher in Sociology at the CNRS, University of Strasbourg and Director of the Centre for European Political Sociology (GSPE)

Michel Mangenot is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Strasbourg, and former Deputy Director of the Centre for European Political Sociology (GSPE)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719082439
• ISBN 13: 9780719082436
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Rowell Jay, Mangenot Michel
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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