1st Edition
The International Political Sociology of Security Rethinking Theory and Practice
By Trine Villumsen Berling
Copyright 2015
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book builds a theoretical approach to the intractable problem of theory/practice in international relations (IR) and develops tools to study how theory and practice ‘hang together’ in international security.
Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s political sociology, the book argues that theory and practice take part in struggles over basic understandings (doxa) in international fields through... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction, The case of European security and IR, Chapter 2: When theory meets practice, Chapter 3: A sociology of IR. Doxic Battles and the (re)configuration of a field, Chapter 4: Field-specific capital and agency in the European field of security, Chapter 5: Practical Patterns of interaction, Chapter 6: Doxic battles in European security: the mobilisation and redefinition of capital, Chapter 7: Conclusion
Biography
Trine Villumsen Berling holds a postdoctoral position at the Centre for Advanced Security Theory, University of Copenhagen.
