Bourdieu's political sociology and the politics of European integration

Theory and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 775-789

  Kauppi, Niilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1023/b:ryso.0000004919.28417.7c     Document Type: Review

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1. For the term, see Bourdieu, "Social space and symbolic power," Sociological Theory 4 (1989): 14. French sociologist Pierre Ansart also used the term in his survey of French sociology, Les sociologies contemporaines (Seuil: Paris, 1990). For an analysis of structural constructivism in the French intellectual field, see Niilo Kauppi, French Intellectual Nobility: Institutional and Symbolic Transformations in the Post-Sartrian Era (Albany: SUNY-Press, 1996), 35-68.
2. For the term, see Bourdieu, "Social space and symbolic power," Sociological Theory 4 (1989): 14. French sociologist Pierre Ansart also used the term in his survey of French sociology, Les sociologies contemporaines (Seuil: Paris, 1990). For an analysis of structural constructivism in the French intellectual field, see Niilo Kauppi, French Intellectual Nobility: Institutional and Symbolic Transformations in the Post-Sartrian Era (Albany: SUNY-Press, 1996), 35-68.
3. For the term, see Bourdieu, "Social space and symbolic power," Sociological Theory 4 (1989): 14. French sociologist Pierre Ansart also used the term in his survey of French sociology, Les sociologies contemporaines (Seuil: Paris, 1990). For an analysis of structural constructivism in the French intellectual field, see Niilo Kauppi, French Intellectual Nobility: Institutional and Symbolic Transformations in the Post-Sartrian Era (Albany: SUNY-Press, 1996), 35-68.
4. See, for instance, Andrew Moravcsik, "Why the European Community strengthens the state: A liberal intergovernmentalist approach," Journal of Common Market Studies 31 (1983): 473-524; The Choice for Europe (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
5. See, for instance, Andrew Moravcsik, "Why the European Community strengthens the state: A liberal intergovernmentalist approach," Journal of Common Market Studies 31 (1983): 473-524; The Choice for Europe (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
6. New institutionalisms of rationalist, historical, and sociological persuasions have provided a third way to the neofunctionalist/multilevel governance and intergovernmentalist approaches. See James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, "The new institutionalism: Organizational factors in political life," American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749; William Powell and Paul J. DiMaggio, editors, The new institutionalism in organizational analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991); Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," Political Studies 44 (1996): 936-957; Junko Kato, "Institutions and rationality in politics - three varieties of neo-institutionalists," British Journal of Political Science 26/4 (1996): 553-582. For a recent presentation of these approaches, see Gerald Schneider and Mark Aspinwall, editors, The rules of integration. Institutionalist approaches to the study of Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
7. New institutionalisms of rationalist, historical, and sociological persuasions have provided a third way to the neofunctionalist/multilevel governance and intergovernmentalist approaches. See James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, "The new institutionalism: Organizational factors in political life," American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749; William Powell and Paul J. DiMaggio, editors, The new institutionalism in organizational analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991); Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," Political Studies 44 (1996): 936-957; Junko Kato, "Institutions and rationality in politics - three varieties of neo-institutionalists," British Journal of Political Science 26/4 (1996): 553-582. For a recent presentation of these approaches, see Gerald Schneider and Mark Aspinwall, editors, The rules of integration. Institutionalist approaches to the study of Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
8. New institutionalisms of rationalist, historical, and sociological persuasions have provided a third way to the neofunctionalist/multilevel governance and intergovernmentalist approaches. See James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, "The new institutionalism: Organizational factors in political life," American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749; William Powell and Paul J. DiMaggio, editors, The new institutionalism in organizational analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991); Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," Political Studies 44 (1996): 936-957; Junko Kato, "Institutions and rationality in politics - three varieties of neo-institutionalists," British Journal of Political Science 26/4 (1996): 553-582. For a recent presentation of these approaches, see Gerald Schneider and Mark Aspinwall, editors, The rules of integration. Institutionalist approaches to the study of Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
9. New institutionalisms of rationalist, historical, and sociological persuasions have provided a third way to the neofunctionalist/multilevel governance and intergovernmentalist approaches. See James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, "The new institutionalism: Organizational factors in political life," American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749; William Powell and Paul J. DiMaggio, editors, The new institutionalism in organizational analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991); Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," Political Studies 44 (1996): 936-957; Junko Kato, "Institutions and rationality in politics - three varieties of neo-institutionalists," British Journal of Political Science 26/4 (1996): 553-582. For a recent presentation of these approaches, see Gerald Schneider and Mark Aspinwall, editors, The rules of integration. Institutionalist approaches to the study of Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
10. New institutionalisms of rationalist, historical, and sociological persuasions have provided a third way to the neofunctionalist/multilevel governance and intergovernmentalist approaches. See James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, "The new institutionalism: Organizational factors in political life," American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749; William Powell and Paul J. DiMaggio, editors, The new institutionalism in organizational analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991); Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," Political Studies 44 (1996): 936-957; Junko Kato, "Institutions and rationality in politics - three varieties of neo-institutionalists," British Journal of Political Science 26/4 (1996): 553-582. For a recent presentation of these approaches, see Gerald Schneider and Mark Aspinwall, editors, The rules of integration. Institutionalist approaches to the study of Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
11. See, for instance, the special issue on the political sociology of Europe, Virginie Guiraudon, editor, Cultures & Conflits 38-39 (2000).
12. Marc Abélès, La vie quotidienne au Parlement européen (Paris: Hachette, 1992).
13. Richard S. Katz, "Role orientation in parliaments," in Richard S. Katz and Bernhard Wessels, editors, The European parliament, the national parliaments, and European integration (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
14. George Ross, Jacques Delors and European integration (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
15. Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy is what states make of it: The social construction of power politics," International Organization 46 (1992): 391-425; Social theory of international politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
16. Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy is what states make of it: The social construction of power politics," International Organization 46 (1992): 391-425; Social theory of international politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
17. Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966). The symbolic usage by political scientists of sociological literature is a larger problem that is tied to interdisciplinary communication.
18. Thomas Christiansen, K. E. Jørgensen, Antje Wiener, editors, a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy 6 (1999) on social constructivism and sociological institutionalism.
19. Jeffrey Checkel, "Social construction and integration," Journal of European Public Policy 6 (1999): 545-560.
20. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
21. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
22. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
23. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
24. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
25. For discussions of Bourdieu's political sociology and political theory, cf. Jean-Yves Caro, "La sociologie de Pierre Bourdieu. Élé ments pour une théorie du champ politique," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1171-1197; Frédéric Bon and Yves Schemeil, "La rationalisation de l'inconduite. Comprendre le statut du politique chez Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 30/1 (1980): 1203; Philippe Fritsch, "Introduction," in Pierre Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2001), 7-31; Lahouari Addi, "Violence symbolique et statut du politique dans l'oeuvre de Pierre Bourdieu," Revue française de science politique 51/6 (2000): 950-954; NiiloKauppi, "Elements for a structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration," Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Working Paper, 104 (2003); and David Swartz (forthcoming),"Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives," in Henrik Bang, editor, Governance traditions of political science, sociology and political theory.
26. See Zwischenbetrachtung, Max Weber, Gesammelte aufsätze zur religionssoziologie (Tübingen: Mohr, 1972), 542; H. H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, editors, From Max Weber. Essays in sociology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1946), 323-362.
27. See Zwischenbetrachtung, Max Weber, Gesammelte aufsätze zur religionssoziologie (Tübingen: Mohr, 1972), 542; H. H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, editors, From Max Weber. Essays in sociology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1946), 323-362.
28. "Une interprétation de la théorie de la religion selon Max Weber," Archives européennes de sociologie XII (1971): 3-21; "Genèse et structure du champ religieux," Revue française de sociologie XII (1971): 295-334.
29. "Une interprétation de la théorie de la religion selon Max Weber," Archives européennes de sociologie XII (1971): 3-21; "Genèse et structure du champ religieux," Revue française de sociologie XII (1971): 295-334.
30. For an interesting discussion of skills, see Neil Fligstein, "Social skills and the theory of fields," Sociological Theory 19/2 (2001): 105-125.
31. William Gamson, The strategy of social protest (Homewood: Dorsey Press, 1975).
32. Bourdieu, "Champ politique, champ des sciences sociales, champ journalistique," Cahiers de GRS 15 (Lyon), 13.
33. Bourdieu, "Champ politique, champ des sciences sociales, champ journalistique," 19.
34. Weber, Economy and society (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1972); Staatssoziologie. Soziologie der rationalen Staatsanstalt und der modernen politischen Parteien und Parlamente (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1966), 27-28.
35. Weber, Economy and society (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1972); Staatssoziologie. Soziologie der rationalen Staatsanstalt und der modernen politischen Parteien und Parlamente (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1966), 27-28.
36. Pierre Bourdieu, The state nobility. Elite schools in the field of power (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996); Pippa Norris, "Recruitment into the European parliament," in Katz and Wessels, editors, The European parliament, the national parliaments, and European integration.
37. Pierre Bourdieu, The state nobility. Elite schools in the field of power (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996); Pippa Norris, "Recruitment into the European parliament," in Katz and Wessels, editors, The European parliament, the national parliaments, and European integration.
38. Weber, Economy and society, 608.
39. Cf. Weber, Staatssoziologie, 63-64; Bourdieu, "La représentation politique. Eléments pour une théorie du champ politique," Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales 36/37 (1981): 19-21.
40. Cf. Weber, Staatssoziologie, 63-64; Bourdieu, "La représentation politique. Eléments pour une théorie du champ politique," Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales 36/37 (1981): 19-21.
41. Bourdieu, "La représentation politique," 18.
42. Ibid., 19.
43. Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique (Lyon: Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2000), 65.
44. Bourdieu, Language and symbolic power (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991); Antonio Gramsci, Selections from political writings 1921-1926 (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1978), 17.
45. Bourdieu, Language and symbolic power (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991); Antonio Gramsci, Selections from political writings 1921-1926 (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1978), 17.
46. Bourdieu, Language and symbolic power, 184.
47. Weber, Economy and society.
48. Jürgen Habermas, The structural transformation of the public sphere: An inquiry into a category of bourgeois society (Cambridge: the MIT Press, 1989).
49. Bourdieu, Raisons pratiques (Paris: Seuil, 1994), 109.
50. Weber, Gesammelte aufsätze zur religionssoziologie, 541.
51. Bourdieu, Méditations pascaliennes (Paris: Seuil, 1997), 209.
52. Acts of resistance: Against the new myths of our time (Cambridge: Polity, 1998).
53. Bourdieu, Acts of resistance. Habermas's assessment is similar. Jürgen Habermas, The postnational constellation: Political essays (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2001). For analysis of Bourdieu's intellectual politics, see the special issue of Substance 93/23 (2000), Jean-François Fourny, editor.
54. Bourdieu, Acts of resistance. Habermas's assessment is similar. Jürgen Habermas, The postnational constellation: Political essays (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2001). For analysis of Bourdieu's intellectual politics, see the special issue of Substance 93/23 (2000), Jean-François Fourny, editor.
55. Bourdieu, Acts of resistance. Habermas's assessment is similar. Jürgen Habermas, The postnational constellation: Political essays (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2001). For analysis of Bourdieu's intellectual politics, see the special issue of Substance 93/23 (2000), Jean-François Fourny, editor.
56. Dusan Sidjanski, "Eurosphères. Dirigeants et groupes européens," in François d'Arcy and Luc Rouban, editors, De la Vème république à l'Europe. Hommage à Jean-Louis Quermonne (Paris: PUF, 1996).
57. However, this does not automatically make politicians more European or federalist.
58. See Bourdieu, The state nobility
59. Michel Mangenot, "Une école européenne d'administration? L'improbable conversion de l'ENA à l'Europe," Politix 43 (1998): 7-32.
60. Willy Beauvallet, "Institutionnalisation et professionnalisation de l'Europe politique. Le cas des eurodéputés français," Politique étrangère (hiver, 2003).
61. Niilo Kauppi, "European Union institutions and French political careers," Scandinavian Political Studies 19/1 (1996): 1-24; "Power or subjection? French women politicians in the European parliament," European Journal of Women's Studies 6/3 (1999): 331-342; "La construction de l'Europe: le cas des élections européennes en Finlande 1999," Cultures & Conflits 38-39 (2000): 101-118.
62. Niilo Kauppi, "European Union institutions and French political careers," Scandinavian Political Studies 19/1 (1996): 1-24; "Power or subjection? French women politicians in the European parliament," European Journal of Women's Studies 6/3 (1999): 331-342; "La construction de l'Europe: le cas des élections européennes en Finlande 1999," Cultures & Conflits 38-39 (2000): 101-118.
63. Niilo Kauppi, "European Union institutions and French political careers," Scandinavian Political Studies 19/1 (1996): 1-24; "Power or subjection? French women politicians in the European parliament," European Journal of Women's Studies 6/3 (1999): 331-342; "La construction de l'Europe: le cas des élections européennes en Finlande 1999," Cultures & Conflits 38-39 (2000): 101-118.
64. This is also true in terms of the social characteristics of Europarliamentarians, see Emil J. Kirchner, The European parliament: Performances and prospects (Aldershot: Gower, 1984).
65. For a similar approach in some respects, see Dorette Corbey, "Dialectical functionalism: Stagnation as a booster of European integration," International Organization 45/2 (1995): 262.
66. Bourdieu, Propos sur le champ politique, 101.