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Antje Wiener - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • In the Eye of the Beholder: A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective on Norm Transfer
    Journal of European Integration, 2015
    Co-Authors: Antje Wiener
    Abstract:

    AbstractThe article introduces the concept of ‘strategic blueprinting’ as a distinct practice of norm transfer, thereby turning the ‘normative-power approach’ on its head. Rather than transferring norms from the inside of liberal communities out, outsiders choose to copy parts of the acquis communautaire. European integration is thus perceived through the eye of the beholder. To elaborate on this strategy, the article compares it with other types of norm transfer such as transplantation and diffusion. The intention is to establish parameters for further research on norm transfer along the four principled dimensions of the new Sociology of Knowledge: (1) identify and define the practice (internal/external division); (2) situate the practice within the broader field of integration theories and the parallel development of integration policy and politics (symmetry principle); (3) reconstruct the practice (situatedness principle); and (4) establish its potential with regard to governance and constitutionalism ...

  • in the eye of the beholder a Sociology of Knowledge perspective on norm transfer
    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Co-Authors: Antje Wiener
    Abstract:

    The article introduces the concept of ‘strategic blueprinting’ as a distinct practice of norm transfer, thereby turning the ‘normative-power approach’ on its head. Rather than transferring norms from the inside of liberal communities out, out- siders choose to copy parts of the acquis communautaire. European integration is thus perceived through the eye of the beholder. To elaborate on this strategy, the article compares it with other types of norm transfer such as transplantation and diffusion. The intention is to establish parameters for further research on norm transfer along the four principled dimensions of the new Sociology of Knowledge: (1) identify and define the practice (internal/external division); (2) situate the practice within the broader field of integration theories and the parallel development of integration policy and politics (symmetry principle); (3) reconstruct the practice (situatedness principle); and (4) establish its potential with regard to governance and constitutionalism in the global realm (contextualism).

Ian Manners - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sociology of Knowledge and production of normative power in the european union s external actions
    Journal of European Integration, 2015
    Co-Authors: Ian Manners
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    The article focuses on the entanglement between the EU’s attempts to construct its external actions in global politics and research on the EU as a global actor. The article argues that both the development of EU external actions and the Sociology of Knowledge production surrounding the analysis of these actions suffer from unnecessary dichotomisation. Advocates and analysts of the EU’s normative power have argued that the separation of norms and interests, both in terms of policy-making and policy analysis, is impossible. In contrast, advocates and analysts of the EU as a ‘normal power’, a great power pole in the coming multipolar world, have dichotomised the advocacy of policy-making and the analysis of Knowledge production of EU external actions. The article sets out, through an examination of the interlinking of policy-making and policy analysis, how such false dichotomies weaken the Sociology of Knowledge about the EU and the production of the EU’s external actions. The article uses an analytical means of illustrating the deep interdependencies between the Sociology of Knowledge and production of the EU’s external actions. This application illustrates how ideas about external actions are spread from the study of normative power to other normative frameworks, and from analysts to policy-makers in the field of EU external actions. The article concludes that strategic dichotomisation and social diffusion are integral to the social sciences and the production of European integration in making Europe ‘normal’.

  • Sociology of Knowledge and production of normative power in the european union s external actions
    Journal of European Integration, 2015
    Co-Authors: Ian Manners
    Abstract:

    AbstractThe article focuses on the entanglement between the EU’s attempts to construct its external actions in global politics and research on the EU as a global actor. The article argues that both the development of EU external actions and the Sociology of Knowledge production surrounding the analysis of these actions suffer from unnecessary dichotomisation. Advocates and analysts of the EU’s normative power have argued that the separation of norms and interests, both in terms of policy-making and policy analysis, is impossible. In contrast, advocates and analysts of the EU as a ‘normal power’, a great power pole in the coming multipolar world, have dichotomised the advocacy of policy-making and the analysis of Knowledge production of EU external actions. The article sets out, through an examination of the interlinking of policy-making and policy analysis, how such false dichotomies weaken the Sociology of Knowledge about the EU and the production of the EU’s external actions. The article uses an analyti...

Antonio Strati - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Organizational Symbolism as a Social Construction: A Perspective from the Sociology of Knowledge
    Human Relations, 1998
    Co-Authors: Antonio Strati
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    This article describes organizational symbolismfrom a Sociology of Knowledge perspective and considersboth the theoretical and extra-theoretical bases of thesymbolic approach. It illustrates the distinctive principles of the symbolic approach withrespect to other methods used in the study oforganizations, the concepts on which it is based, andthe organizational issues on which it has shedsignificant light. Symbolist studies of organizations haverefocused scholarly attention on the multidisciplinaryunderstanding of the logos, ethos, and pathos oforganizational life. They have done so by stressing the production of Knowledge tout court, rather thanconcerning themselves with the applicability of theorganizational Knowledge acquired by this approach formanagerial purposes. Organizational symbolism is described in the article as a fluctuatingand emerging social construction whose growth and spreadhas been fostered by support within academia.

Markus Jachtenfuchs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the governance approach to european integration
    Journal of Common Market Studies, 2001
    Co-Authors: Markus Jachtenfuchs
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    This article argues that the study of European integration is divided into two distinct approaches: classical integration theory for which the shape of the Euro-polity is the dependent variable; and the governance approach for which it is the independent variable. An historical and conceptual overview of the approach focuses on the efficiency side of governance and excludes issues of democracy and legitimacy. From a Sociology of Knowledge perspective, the first part traces the roots of the present discussion back to three bodies of literature, namely studies on Europeanization, regulatory policy-making and network concepts. The second part presents the achievements of the approach: putting EU studies in a comparative perspective, directing attention towards democratic governance and bypassing old dichotomies on the future of the nation-state. The final section evaluates present shortcomings, most notably a bias toward problem-solving, the proliferation of case studies and the lack of a coherent theoretical perspective.

Samantha L Thomas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the essential role of social theory in qualitative public health research
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2007
    Co-Authors: Karen Willis, Jeanne Daly, Michelle Kealy, Rhonda Small, Glenda Koutroulis, Julie Green, Lisa Gibbs, Samantha L Thomas
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    Objective To define the role of social theory and examine how research studies using qualitative methods can use social theory to generalize their results beyond the setting of the study or to other social groups. Approach The assumptions underlying public health research using qualitative methods derive from a range of social theories that include conflict theory, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, the Sociology of Knowledge and feminism. Depending on the research problem, these and other social theories provide conceptual tools and models for constructing a suitable research framework, and for collecting and analysing data. In combination with the substantive health literature, the theoretical literature provides the conceptual bridge that links the conclusions of the study to other social groups and settings. Conclusion While descriptive studies using qualitative research methods can generate important insights into social experience, the use of social theory in the construction and conduct of research enables researchers to extrapolate their findings to settings and groups broader than the ones in which the research was conducted.