A Sociology of Knowledge of European Integration: The Social Sciences in the Making of Europe

ISBN-13: 9781138295612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 172 str.

Rebecca Adler-Nissen; Kristoffer Kropp

Opis

This book provides the first systematic account of the relations between the social sciences and the European Union. Introducing the sociology of knowledge to the study of European integration, the book features in-depth case studies ranging from the Economic and Monetary Union, the acquis communitaire and enlargement to higher education politics and social statistics.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

Spis treści

1. A Sociology of Knowledge Approach to European Integration: Four Analytical Principles  2. Performing Theory/Theorizing Performance in Emergent Supranational Governance: The ‘Live’ Knowledge Archive of European Integration and the Early European Commission  3. Methodological Europeanism at the Cradle: Eur-lex, the Acquis and the Making of Europe’s Cognitive Equipment  4. In the Eye of the Beholder: A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective on Norm Transfer  5. The Euro Crisis’ Theory Effect: Northern Saints, Southern Sinners, and the Demise of the Eurobond  6. Reforming the Bulgarian State of Knowledge: Legal Expertise as a Resource in Modelling States  7. What is the Nature of the Relationship between Changes in European Higher Education and Social Science Research on Higher Education and (Why) Does It Matter?  8. The Creation of a European Socio-economic Classification: Limits of Expert-driven Statistical Integration  9. Sociology of Knowledge and Production of Normative Power in the European Union’s External Actions

O autorze

Rebecca Adler-Nissen is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on international political sociology, diplomacy, sovereignty, security and European integration.

Kristoffer Kropp is Associate Professor in the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is interested in the relations between political institutions and social scientific knowledge production.