Institutional Constructivism in Social Sciences and Law: Frames of Mind, Patterns of Change
Cambridge University Press, 10/4/2018
EAN 9781108470544, ISBN10: 1108470548
Hardcover, 224 pages, 22.9 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm
Language: English
This book proposes a new institutional constructivist model, for social scientific and legal enquiries, based on the interrelations within the social and political world and the application of change in EU laws and politics. Much of the research conducted in social sciences and law examines the diverse activities of individuals and collectivities and the role of institutions in the social and political world. Although there exist many vantage points from which one can gain entry into understanding how agents in the world act, interact, shape and bear the world, socio-legal scientific epistemology has found monism and dualism to be convincing models. This book argues that current models do not capture the complexity of our micro-worlds, macro-worlds and meso-worlds. Nor can they account for the forms and patterns of socio-legal change. Mind, time and change are brought together in an attempt to contribute to socio-legal epistemology and to enhance its toolkit.
Introduction
on schemata
constructing theories and explanations
Part I. Theory Perspectives and Connexio Rerum
1. On the methodology of social sciences
the case for connexio rerum
2. Constructivisms and institutional constructivism
3. Theorising institutional change
a dynamic theory of process
4. Ideas, norms and European citizenship
Part II. Applied Aspects of Institutional Constructivism
5. Co-creating European Union citizenship
institutional process and crescive norms
6. From law, policies and norms to European integration
supranationalism contested
Conclusion
time and understanding in socio-legal research.