A Sociology of Knowledge Approach to European Integration: Four Analytical Principles

摘要: AbstractScholars are deeply involved in the process of European integration, but we lack systematic understanding this involvement. On one hand, scholars, academic ideas and ideologies shape integration policies (e.g. Economic Monetary Union free movement people). other EU institutions, practitioners produce particular forms knowledge Eurobarometer benchmarking national performances) that inform social scientific choices theories, methods research topics. Drawing on new sociology as well Science Technology Studies (STS) political sociology, introductory article develops a framework for studying entanglement studies with around four analytical principles: (1) principle symmetry, (2) rejecting internal/external division, (3) situatedness (4) contextualism. A approach provides alte...