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A Political Sociology of Regionalisms

Perspectives for a Comparison

von: Kevin Parthenay
58,84 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Pivot
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	08.01.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9783319984346
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<div>This book provides an alternative approach to regionalism in neglected parts of the world. Taking stock of several decades of conceptualization, the author provides a political sociology approach of regionalisms fed by recent contributions from the sociology of international relations and public policy analysis. It uses a methodological rather than theoretical framework to bring a new perspective on an emerging field of comparative regionalism. The relational dimensions, the social contexts and characteristics of actors and their practices are key to shed a new light on what is considered in this book as a ‘social international phenomenon’.</div><div><br></div>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<p>1. Chapter 1. Introduction. Comparative Regionalism: Why Bother (Again?)</p><p>2. Chapter 2. Comparative Regionalism: Tracing the Field’s Consolidation</p><p>3. Chapter 3. A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Intellectual Legacy</p><p>4. Chapter 4. A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Analytical Framework</p><p>5. Chapter 5. A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: A Methodological Approximation</p><p>6. Chapter 6. Conclusion </p><div><br></div>

Autorenportrait

<div><div> <b>Kevin Parthenay</b> is Lecturer in Political Science at Sciences Po, France. Attached to the Centre for International Research and Studies (CERI) and to the Political Observatory for Latin American and the Caribbean (OPALC), his research focuses on comparative regionalism, Central American democracies and foreign policies.</div><div><br></div></div>

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<div><div>This book provides an alternative approach to regionalism in neglected parts of the world. Taking stock of several decades of conceptualization, the author provides a political sociology approach of regionalisms fed by recent contributions from the sociology of international relations and public policy analysis. It uses a methodological rather than theoretical framework to bring a new perspective on an emerging field of comparative regionalism. The relational dimensions, the social contexts and characteristics of actors and their practices are key to shed a new light on what is considered in this book as a ‘social international phenomenon’.</div><div> </div><div><b>Kevin Parthenay</b> is Lecturer in Political Science at Sciences Po, France. Attached to the Centre for International Research and Studies (CERI) and to the Political Observatory for Latin American and the Caribbean (OPALC), his research focuses on comparative regionalism, Central American democracies and foreign policies.</div></div><div><br></div>

Sonderbeitrag

<p>Focus on empirical perspectives in its study of regionalism</p><p>Employs an actor-centered and political sociology approach</p><p>Uses a transversal approach to regional studies</p>

Unpublished endorsement

“This book makes a decidedly contribution to the emerging field of comparative regionalism. It makes the case for a methodological breakthrough based on political sociology. Bringing in the actors, their relations and their beliefs, it represents a giant step in our constant quest to better account for global evolutions.” (Olivier Dabène, Professor, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), France)“At a time when the contours and substance of the world of regions feature as moving and elusive areas of investigation, Kevin Parthenay’s concise volume is a refreshing methodological and theoretical contribution to the comparative study of regionalisms. By focussing on the diversity of pathways and  representations within the world of regionalisms, the author manages to reconcile the legacy of the post-cold war world of the 1990s with such recent developments as the Brexit, the post- Trans-Pacific Partnership world or China’s Belt and Road initiative.” (Daniel C. Bach, Professor, University of Bordeaux, France)<br><p></p>