A political sociology of the European Union. Reassessing constructivism.

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Autor/inn/en	Smith, Andy; Lassalle, Marine de; Georgakakis, Didier; Marchand, Christele; Vauchez, Antoine; Scheeck, Larent; Michel, Helene; Beauvallet, Willy; Bruno, Isabelle; Aldrin, Philippe; Normand, Romuald
Sonst. Personen	Rowell, Jay (Hrsg.); Mangenot, Michel (Hrsg.)
Titel	A political sociology of the European Union. Reassessing constructivism.
Quelle	Manchester: Manchester University Press (2010), 270 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Europe in change
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-7190-8243-6
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Raum; Entscheidung; Beamter; Bürokratie; Entscheidung; Politik; Politische Soziologie; Politisches System; Sozialpolitik; Statistik; Europäische Integration; Institutionalisierung; Behinderung; Institutionalisierung; Berufssoziologie; Gehobener Dienst; Benchmarking; Europäische Union; Konstruktivismus; Bürokratie; Europäische Integration; Politik; Politische Soziologie; Politisches System; Sozialpolitik; Benchmarking; Berufssoziologie; Gehobener Dienst; Rechtsberuf; Statistik; Weiterbildungsstatistik; Behinderung; Wirkungsforschung; Europäische Union; Beamter
Abstract	"The study of the European Union has historically been a theoretical battleground. Since the 1990's, new theoretical directions such as neo-institutionalism, multi-level governance and constructivism have provided a new impetus. However, these innovations have often remained programmatic and 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. To answer this question, the book addresses three areas of construction. Firstly, social spaces and professions where the autonomy of a European institutional field, socialisation processes and interactions will be examined by studying top civil servants of the Commission, the Council secretariat, legal professions and regional specialists of Europe. Secondly, the construction of policy 'problems' and policies through interplay of interest groups, judicial actors, national representatives, and actors of the European institutions. Finally, specific policy instruments such as the Eurobarometer, benchmarks, and statistical indicators." Forschungsmethode: deskriptive Studie. (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku). Contents: Michael Mangenot, Jay Rowell: Introduction - What Europe constructs - towards a sociological constructivism (1-22); Part I - The construction of European fields; Didier Georgakakis, Marine de Lassalle: Making top civil servants - Europeanness as an identity and a resource (25-45); Michel Mangenot: The invention and transformation of a governmental body - the council secretariat (46-67); Christele Marchand, Antoine Vauchez: Lawyers as Europe's middlemen - a sociology of litigants pleading before the European Court of Justice (68-87); Marine de Lassalle: The emergence of 'European' careers in subnational French administration (88-106); Part II - The social construction of European problems; Laurent Scheeck: Constitutional activism and fundamental rights in Europe - common interests through transnational socialisation (109-127); Helene Michel: The construction of a European interest through legal expertise - property owners' associations and the Charter of fundamental rights (128-145); Andy Smith: A constructive-institutionalist approach to EU politics - the case of protected geographical indicatios for food (146-163); Willy Beauvallet: The European parliament and the politicisation of the European space - the case of the two packages (164-181); Part III - Constructing reality through policy instruments; Isabelle Bruno: From integration by law to Europeanisation by numbers - the making of a 'competitive Europea' through intergovernmental benchmarking (185-205); Philipp Aldrin: From instrumentalisation of 'European opinion' - a historical sociology of the measurement of opinions and the management of the public space (206-224); Romuald Normand: Expert measurement in the government of lifelong learning (225-242); Jay Rowell: The instrumentation of European disability policy - constructing a policy field with numbers (243-261).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/2