A Sociology of Knowledge of European Integration: The Social Sciences in the Making of Europe Contributor(s): Adler-Nissen, Rebecca (Editor), Kropp, Kristoffer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138958476 ISBN-13: 9781138958470 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
Series: Journal of European Integration Special Issues |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7" W x 9.8" (1.10 lbs) 172 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book addresses the important but understudied question of how social scientific knowledge is entangled in the process of European integration. More specifically, it provides the first systematic introduction to a sociology of knowledge approach to European integration and demonstrates the value of such an approach through empirical illustrations. Drawing on new research in the intersection of sociology of knowledge and political sociology, the book is the first to analyse the entanglement of social scientific knowledge and the development of the EU. The book provides the first systematic mapping of the relations between social scientific knowledge and particular aspects of European integration such as the Euro and monetary governance, constitution- and treaty-negotiation, education policy, enlargement and external relations. The book imports key ideas from the sociology of knowledge, sociology of science and political sociology to cast new light on the field of EU studies and its relation to the EU. The result is a fresh account of European integration, shaped - in often surprising ways - by relatively small groups of people and their particular ideas about economy, law, culture and politics. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration. |