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In: Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada- Les défis culturels de la migration au Canada
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In: Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada- Les défis culturels de la migration au Canada
Argues that the sociology of law should continue its long-standing focus on law & governmentality, but also should expand its analysis to an examination of the interaction of legal & nonlegal forms of governance. The beginning of such an enterprise is provided by the work of Michel Foucault (1977), raising the question of law's role in modern forms of governmental rationality. It is suggested that Foucault's analysis ought to be revised to attend to the plurality of forms of law & governance, & to focus more explicitly on forms of state power. Using this conception, it is contended that the key link between law & modern power is that law plays the organizational & ideological role of providing temporary moments of unification within dispersed fields of social power. This approach to law & governance is favored over others because it facilitates an account that remains sensitive to variations in modes of governance & local power while remaining attentive to the role of the state in the condensation of power relations. 69 References. D. M. Smith
In: The Power of Words in International Relations, S. 117-138
In: Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation, S. 393-395
In: Victor Considerant and the Rise and Fall of French Romantic Socialism, S. 124-144
In: A Scientist Speaks Out, S. 266-274
In: Science in Democracy, S. 43-64
In: Law and Philosophy Library; Influence and Power, S. 249-268
Discusses the historical & current relationship between the social sciences, the scientific method, & postmodern theory. Drawing on the methodology & conclusions of Galileo, modern science has attempted to reduce the distance between science & reality through objective methodology & heightened rationality. It is argued here that the scientific method relies more on the choice of appropriate language & vocabulary than on actual correspondence between methodology & fact. Social scientists have traditionally adopted this skewed approach to life through the scientific method, which blurs rather than reveals reality. The boundaries between explanation & understanding, or nature & humanity, have little meaning in the real world, & it is suggested that the social sciences must be seen as continuous with literature, history, anthropology, politics, etc. Both Thomas Dewey & Michel Foucault advocate rejection of traditional notions of rationality, objectivity, method, & truth. However, it is concluded that Dewey's vocabulary allows more room for hope & solidarity within the social sciences. T. Sevier
In: Structures and Dynamics of Autopoietic Organizations, S. 101-115
In: Foundations of Social Administration, S. 25-32
In: Militarism in a Global Age, S. 251-274
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
"Social and Political Power" published on by Oxford University Press.