Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the development of social science education at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). It details the establishment ...
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This chapter discusses the development of social science education at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). It details the establishment of the Department of Social Science and Administration in 1912 and how the unfolding of social sciences is bound up with the history of LSE. It also describes how at LSE the great men and women were the teachers, who were both models of public speaking and caring mentors to their students.Less
This chapter discusses the development of social science education at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). It details the establishment of the Department of Social Science and Administration in 1912 and how the unfolding of social sciences is bound up with the history of LSE. It also describes how at LSE the great men and women were the teachers, who were both models of public speaking and caring mentors to their students.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter traces the events leading to the founding of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). On 4 August 1894, Sidney Webb came down for breakfast at Borough Farm near ...
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This chapter traces the events leading to the founding of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). On 4 August 1894, Sidney Webb came down for breakfast at Borough Farm near Godalming in Surrey where he met his wife Beatrice, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw. The three men had known each other for over ten years as fellow radicals and intellectual protagonists of reform, not least as members of the political club-cum-‘think-tank’ founded in 1883 under the name Fabian Society. That morning, Webb told his friends of a letter he received from a solicitor informing him that their mutual friend, Henry Hunt Hutchinson, had taken his own life. In his will Hutchison appointed Webb as one of his executors and stipulated that the major part of what turned out of be 20,000 pounds sterling be applied ‘at once gradually and at all events within ten years to the propaganda and other purposes of the Fabian Society, and its Socialism, and to advancing its projects in any way the executors deem advisable’. Webb proposed that the money be used to create a permanent institution, a London School of Economics and Political Science.Less
This chapter traces the events leading to the founding of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). On 4 August 1894, Sidney Webb came down for breakfast at Borough Farm near Godalming in Surrey where he met his wife Beatrice, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw. The three men had known each other for over ten years as fellow radicals and intellectual protagonists of reform, not least as members of the political club-cum-‘think-tank’ founded in 1883 under the name Fabian Society. That morning, Webb told his friends of a letter he received from a solicitor informing him that their mutual friend, Henry Hunt Hutchinson, had taken his own life. In his will Hutchison appointed Webb as one of his executors and stipulated that the major part of what turned out of be 20,000 pounds sterling be applied ‘at once gradually and at all events within ten years to the propaganda and other purposes of the Fabian Society, and its Socialism, and to advancing its projects in any way the executors deem advisable’. Webb proposed that the money be used to create a permanent institution, a London School of Economics and Political Science.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
The London School of Economics and Political Science — the LSE — is one of the most famous academic institutions in the world. This history provides a lively account of the first century of a ...
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The London School of Economics and Political Science — the LSE — is one of the most famous academic institutions in the world. This history provides a lively account of the first century of a university that, from its beginnings has captured not only the minds of social scientists, but also the imagination of a wider public. It is the biography of an institution. The book places the School in the context of the drama of the 20th century and it does so through a mirror, the mirror of the social sciences. The book traces the story of the LSE from its ‘invention’ by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, George Bernard Shaw, and Graham Wallas at a breakfast in August 1894, through its foundation in 1895, the travails of its early years, the triumphs of the Beveridge years between the wars, the great expansion of the post-war period, and the changing moods of the succeeding decades, including the ‘troubles’ of 1968. The individuals and the events of the LSE's century of existence have been memorable, yet the School has always been more than the sum of its parts. Its base was London, and its home the world.Less
The London School of Economics and Political Science — the LSE — is one of the most famous academic institutions in the world. This history provides a lively account of the first century of a university that, from its beginnings has captured not only the minds of social scientists, but also the imagination of a wider public. It is the biography of an institution. The book places the School in the context of the drama of the 20th century and it does so through a mirror, the mirror of the social sciences. The book traces the story of the LSE from its ‘invention’ by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, George Bernard Shaw, and Graham Wallas at a breakfast in August 1894, through its foundation in 1895, the travails of its early years, the triumphs of the Beveridge years between the wars, the great expansion of the post-war period, and the changing moods of the succeeding decades, including the ‘troubles’ of 1968. The individuals and the events of the LSE's century of existence have been memorable, yet the School has always been more than the sum of its parts. Its base was London, and its home the world.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). Specifically, it focuses on the accomplishments of Sir William Beveridge as ...
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This chapter discusses the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). Specifically, it focuses on the accomplishments of Sir William Beveridge as Director of LSE including the offering of the commerce degree and creation of a coat of arms and motto for the school. Beveridge also tried hard to increase the involvement of both teachers and Governors in the running of the school. He activated the largely dormant Professional Council and gave it a Standing or Office Committee. Three members of the Professional Council were given seats at the Court of Governors. Thus, the structure of governance began to emerge.Less
This chapter discusses the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) during the Beveridge Years (1919–1937). Specifically, it focuses on the accomplishments of Sir William Beveridge as Director of LSE including the offering of the commerce degree and creation of a coat of arms and motto for the school. Beveridge also tried hard to increase the involvement of both teachers and Governors in the running of the school. He activated the largely dormant Professional Council and gave it a Standing or Office Committee. Three members of the Professional Council were given seats at the Court of Governors. Thus, the structure of governance began to emerge.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter details the early years of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Topics discussed include the appointment of Halford Mackinder as Director of LSE, the establishment ...
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This chapter details the early years of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Topics discussed include the appointment of Halford Mackinder as Director of LSE, the establishment of the Coefficients Club, Mackinder's contributions to ‘geopolitics’, and the LSE's academic development.Less
This chapter details the early years of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Topics discussed include the appointment of Halford Mackinder as Director of LSE, the establishment of the Coefficients Club, Mackinder's contributions to ‘geopolitics’, and the LSE's academic development.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses how the political climate of the 1930s affected the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The 1930s (and 1940s) were one of those deeply unhappy periods of ...
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This chapter discusses how the political climate of the 1930s affected the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The 1930s (and 1940s) were one of those deeply unhappy periods of history in which politics encroached on individual lives and institutions virtually all the time. Gone were the days in which, apart from occasional forays by individuals into parliamentary politics, the School could concentrate its energies on developing the social sciences and teaching them to students who were prepared to learn about the causes of things before they went out to transform them. Now, even those who refused to by drawn in had taken a stance.Less
This chapter discusses how the political climate of the 1930s affected the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The 1930s (and 1940s) were one of those deeply unhappy periods of history in which politics encroached on individual lives and institutions virtually all the time. Gone were the days in which, apart from occasional forays by individuals into parliamentary politics, the School could concentrate its energies on developing the social sciences and teaching them to students who were prepared to learn about the causes of things before they went out to transform them. Now, even those who refused to by drawn in had taken a stance.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter focuses on the changes affecting the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 1937–1995. By the departure of William Beveridge in 1937, the work of creation and ...
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This chapter focuses on the changes affecting the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 1937–1995. By the departure of William Beveridge in 1937, the work of creation and establishment had been done. From now on, LSE would be faced with different challenges originating partly in the vagaries of the times, and partly in persistent pressures for growth. The decades following Beveridge's resignation were full of incident — the wartime evacuation of Cambridge, the two waves of post-war university expansion, and from the 1970s an environment increasingly hostile to higher education in general and the social sciences in particular. In Alexander Carr-Saunders, the School found a safe pair of hands to direct it through the transition from its heroic age to normality, and more particularly through the upheavals of the war and reconstruction. His character helped bring about the steadying influence that he exerted on the troubled institution he had inherited, and which was much needed in the turbulent times that would soon engulf it.Less
This chapter focuses on the changes affecting the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 1937–1995. By the departure of William Beveridge in 1937, the work of creation and establishment had been done. From now on, LSE would be faced with different challenges originating partly in the vagaries of the times, and partly in persistent pressures for growth. The decades following Beveridge's resignation were full of incident — the wartime evacuation of Cambridge, the two waves of post-war university expansion, and from the 1970s an environment increasingly hostile to higher education in general and the social sciences in particular. In Alexander Carr-Saunders, the School found a safe pair of hands to direct it through the transition from its heroic age to normality, and more particularly through the upheavals of the war and reconstruction. His character helped bring about the steadying influence that he exerted on the troubled institution he had inherited, and which was much needed in the turbulent times that would soon engulf it.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter begins with a discussion of the decade of Sir Sydney Caine's directorship of LSE from 1957 to 1967 that were, at least until the mid-1960s, uneventful. It then considers LSE's ...
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This chapter begins with a discussion of the decade of Sir Sydney Caine's directorship of LSE from 1957 to 1967 that were, at least until the mid-1960s, uneventful. It then considers LSE's internationalism as evidenced by the curricula vitae of its Directors as well as the origins of its students. It examines the influence of the LSE on the world that emerged after the Second World War.Less
This chapter begins with a discussion of the decade of Sir Sydney Caine's directorship of LSE from 1957 to 1967 that were, at least until the mid-1960s, uneventful. It then considers LSE's internationalism as evidenced by the curricula vitae of its Directors as well as the origins of its students. It examines the influence of the LSE on the world that emerged after the Second World War.
Ralf Dahrendorf
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202400
- eISBN:
- 9780191675331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202400.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter focuses on the changes at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from the 1970s onwards. It argues that the LSE has become a precious asset for London, for Britain, ...
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This chapter focuses on the changes at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from the 1970s onwards. It argues that the LSE has become a precious asset for London, for Britain, for the social sciences, and for a world in need of change. LSE made a difference to the lives of those who studied, taught, and worked there, and made a difference to the world at large.Less
This chapter focuses on the changes at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from the 1970s onwards. It argues that the LSE has become a precious asset for London, for Britain, for the social sciences, and for a world in need of change. LSE made a difference to the lives of those who studied, taught, and worked there, and made a difference to the world at large.
Robert Adcock
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199333622
- eISBN:
- 9780199370146
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199333622.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter examines the growth of universities and developments within the nascent domain of political science in the post-Civil War decades. It contrasts the ways in which Andrew D. White and ...
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This chapter examines the growth of universities and developments within the nascent domain of political science in the post-Civil War decades. It contrasts the ways in which Andrew D. White and William Graham Sumner each departed from a shared starting point in Lieber’s conception of “political science,” and relates these to alternative understandings of political science at the Columbia School of Political Science, opened in 1880. The second half of the chapter focuses on White’s and Sumner’s views in political economy. It follows how moderate and uncompromising variants of classical liberal political economy were articulated in discussions of free trade and laissez-faire in the 1860s and 1870s, and closes by spotlighting abrupt shifts on both sides of this divide in the early 1880s.Less
This chapter examines the growth of universities and developments within the nascent domain of political science in the post-Civil War decades. It contrasts the ways in which Andrew D. White and William Graham Sumner each departed from a shared starting point in Lieber’s conception of “political science,” and relates these to alternative understandings of political science at the Columbia School of Political Science, opened in 1880. The second half of the chapter focuses on White’s and Sumner’s views in political economy. It follows how moderate and uncompromising variants of classical liberal political economy were articulated in discussions of free trade and laissez-faire in the 1860s and 1870s, and closes by spotlighting abrupt shifts on both sides of this divide in the early 1880s.
Patrick Hassenteufel and Patrick Le Galès
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447324218
- eISBN:
- 9781447324225
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447324218.003.0017
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter provides an analysis of the different contributions of French Universities (and other academic institutions, especially the “Instituts d’Études Politiques”) to the teaching of policy ...
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This chapter provides an analysis of the different contributions of French Universities (and other academic institutions, especially the “Instituts d’Études Politiques”) to the teaching of policy analysis, to the training of policy analysis specialists, to research in policy analysis, and to policy advice. It focuses on two closely related academic disciplines in France: political science and sociology. The chapter starts by questioning the extent to which and in which ways policy analysis as a sub-discipline is integrated into the teaching of political science and sociology. The focus then turns to the development of a specialized policy analysis master in political science and sociology, which can be related to broader evolutions, including transformations in the access to top administrative positions, the development of local public policies in France, and the professionalization of French Universities. The aim here is to shed light on the kind of knowledge and skills taught and on the positions students find after leaving universities and Sciences Po. By studying the involvement of political scientists and sociologists in public commissions and specific policy expertise structures outside the academic world, it also explores the relationships between policy research and policy advice.Less
This chapter provides an analysis of the different contributions of French Universities (and other academic institutions, especially the “Instituts d’Études Politiques”) to the teaching of policy analysis, to the training of policy analysis specialists, to research in policy analysis, and to policy advice. It focuses on two closely related academic disciplines in France: political science and sociology. The chapter starts by questioning the extent to which and in which ways policy analysis as a sub-discipline is integrated into the teaching of political science and sociology. The focus then turns to the development of a specialized policy analysis master in political science and sociology, which can be related to broader evolutions, including transformations in the access to top administrative positions, the development of local public policies in France, and the professionalization of French Universities. The aim here is to shed light on the kind of knowledge and skills taught and on the positions students find after leaving universities and Sciences Po. By studying the involvement of political scientists and sociologists in public commissions and specific policy expertise structures outside the academic world, it also explores the relationships between policy research and policy advice.
Mirko Canevaro, Andrew Erskine, Benjamin Gray, and Josiah Ober (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781474421775
- eISBN:
- 9781474449519
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474421775.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, World History: BCE to 500CE
Social scientists and political theorists have recently come to realize the potential importance of the classical Greek world and its legacy for testing social theories. Meanwhile, some Hellenists ...
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Social scientists and political theorists have recently come to realize the potential importance of the classical Greek world and its legacy for testing social theories. Meanwhile, some Hellenists have mastered the techniques of contemporary social science. They have come to recognize the value of formal and quantitative methods as a complement to traditional qualitative approaches to Greek history and culture. Some of the most exciting new work in social science is now being done within interdisciplinary domains for which recent work on Greece provides apt case studies. This book features essays examining the role played by democratic political and legal institutions in economic development; the potential for inter-state cooperation and international institutions within a decentralized ecology of states; the relationship between state government and the social networks arising from voluntary associations; the interplay between political culture, informal politics, formal institutions and political change; and the relationship between empirical and formal methods of analysis and normative political theory. In sum, this book introduces readers to the emerging field of “social science ancient history.”Less
Social scientists and political theorists have recently come to realize the potential importance of the classical Greek world and its legacy for testing social theories. Meanwhile, some Hellenists have mastered the techniques of contemporary social science. They have come to recognize the value of formal and quantitative methods as a complement to traditional qualitative approaches to Greek history and culture. Some of the most exciting new work in social science is now being done within interdisciplinary domains for which recent work on Greece provides apt case studies. This book features essays examining the role played by democratic political and legal institutions in economic development; the potential for inter-state cooperation and international institutions within a decentralized ecology of states; the relationship between state government and the social networks arising from voluntary associations; the interplay between political culture, informal politics, formal institutions and political change; and the relationship between empirical and formal methods of analysis and normative political theory. In sum, this book introduces readers to the emerging field of “social science ancient history.”
Stein Ringen
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789888208937
- eISBN:
- 9789888313877
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208937.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving.
Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive ...
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The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving.
Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe.
By analysing the leadership of Xi Jinping, the meaning of ‘socialist market economy’, corruption, the party-state apparatus, the reach of the party, the mechanisms of repression, taxation and public services, and state-society relations, the book broadens the field of China studies, as well as the fields of political economy, comparative politics, development, and welfare state studies.Less
The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving.
Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe.
By analysing the leadership of Xi Jinping, the meaning of ‘socialist market economy’, corruption, the party-state apparatus, the reach of the party, the mechanisms of repression, taxation and public services, and state-society relations, the book broadens the field of China studies, as well as the fields of political economy, comparative politics, development, and welfare state studies.
Francis Vérillaud and Agueda Perez Muñoz
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846316630
- eISBN:
- 9781846316777
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316777.004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Sciences Po is an institution that has been one of the pioneers of internationalisation in France. This chapter focuses on what Sciences Po's international strategy has been with regard to recruiting ...
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Sciences Po is an institution that has been one of the pioneers of internationalisation in France. This chapter focuses on what Sciences Po's international strategy has been with regard to recruiting graduates in the United Kingdom. It also describes Sciences Po's collaboration with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Oxford University, which lie at the heart of its international strategy.Less
Sciences Po is an institution that has been one of the pioneers of internationalisation in France. This chapter focuses on what Sciences Po's international strategy has been with regard to recruiting graduates in the United Kingdom. It also describes Sciences Po's collaboration with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Oxford University, which lie at the heart of its international strategy.
Benjamin H. Bratton
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029575
- eISBN:
- 9780262330183
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029575.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Planetary-scale computation presents a fundamental challenge to Modern geopolitical architectures. As calculative reason and as global infrastructure, it not only deforms and distorts Westphalian ...
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Planetary-scale computation presents a fundamental challenge to Modern geopolitical architectures. As calculative reason and as global infrastructure, it not only deforms and distorts Westphalian political geography it creates new territories in its own image, ones that don’t necessarily replace the old but which are superimposed on them, each grinding against the other. These thickened and noisy jurisdictions are our new normal. They are the scaffolds through which our cultures evolve through them, and they represent our most difficult and important design challenge. Computation is changing not only how governments govern, but what government even is in the first place: less governance of computation than computation as governance. Global cloud platforms take on roles that have traditionally been the domain of States, cities become hardware/software platforms organized by physical and virtual interfaces, and strange new political subjects (some not even human) gain unforeseen sovereignties as the users of those interfaces. To understand (and to design) these transformations, we need to see them as part of a whole, an accidental megastructure called The Stack. This book examines each layer of The Stack–Earth, Cloud, City, Address, Interface, and User—as a dynamic technology that is re-structuring some part of our world at its particular scale and as part of the whole. The Stack is a platform, and so combines logics of both States and Markets, and produces forms of sovereignty that are unique to this technical and institutional form. Fortunately, stack platforms are made to be re-made. How the Stack-we-have becomes the Stack-to-come depends on how well we understand it as a totality, By seeing the whole we stand a better chance of designing a system we will want to inhabit. To formulate the “design brief” for that project, as this book does, requires a perspective that blends philosophical, geopolitical and technological understandings and methods.Less
Planetary-scale computation presents a fundamental challenge to Modern geopolitical architectures. As calculative reason and as global infrastructure, it not only deforms and distorts Westphalian political geography it creates new territories in its own image, ones that don’t necessarily replace the old but which are superimposed on them, each grinding against the other. These thickened and noisy jurisdictions are our new normal. They are the scaffolds through which our cultures evolve through them, and they represent our most difficult and important design challenge. Computation is changing not only how governments govern, but what government even is in the first place: less governance of computation than computation as governance. Global cloud platforms take on roles that have traditionally been the domain of States, cities become hardware/software platforms organized by physical and virtual interfaces, and strange new political subjects (some not even human) gain unforeseen sovereignties as the users of those interfaces. To understand (and to design) these transformations, we need to see them as part of a whole, an accidental megastructure called The Stack. This book examines each layer of The Stack–Earth, Cloud, City, Address, Interface, and User—as a dynamic technology that is re-structuring some part of our world at its particular scale and as part of the whole. The Stack is a platform, and so combines logics of both States and Markets, and produces forms of sovereignty that are unique to this technical and institutional form. Fortunately, stack platforms are made to be re-made. How the Stack-we-have becomes the Stack-to-come depends on how well we understand it as a totality, By seeing the whole we stand a better chance of designing a system we will want to inhabit. To formulate the “design brief” for that project, as this book does, requires a perspective that blends philosophical, geopolitical and technological understandings and methods.
John G. Gunnell
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226661278
- eISBN:
- 9780226661308
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226661308.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This book is an exploration of the relationship between philosophy and various forms of political inquiry and is specifically and primarily devoted to advancing an argument for conventional realism. ...
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This book is an exploration of the relationship between philosophy and various forms of political inquiry and is specifically and primarily devoted to advancing an argument for conventional realism. The thesis is that everything we designate as “real,” whether natural or social, is rendered conventionally. This entails a rejection of the widely accepted distinction between what is natural and what is conventional as a way of demarcating natural science and social science. The argument is presented in an opposition to the deep-seated influence of representational philosophy on political science and political theory and particularly to the claim that the mind is the source and repository of meaning, that language is primarily a vehicle of thought and a means of communication, and that reality resides in some physical or metaphysical realm that stands behind our discursive practices. Both mentalism and realism have been embraced by political theorists in a perennial search for a foundation of epistemic authority as a means of gaining practical purpose. Although this is not principally a book about Ludwig Wittgenstein, the argument for conventional realism and the critique of mentalism and traditional realism are viewed as entailments of his work and of others who embraced his conception of philosophy as an interpretive endeavor and a form of social inquiry rather than undertaking the construction of a metaphysical “super-order.” In a brief conclusion, the book discusses the normative implications of conventional realism.Less
This book is an exploration of the relationship between philosophy and various forms of political inquiry and is specifically and primarily devoted to advancing an argument for conventional realism. The thesis is that everything we designate as “real,” whether natural or social, is rendered conventionally. This entails a rejection of the widely accepted distinction between what is natural and what is conventional as a way of demarcating natural science and social science. The argument is presented in an opposition to the deep-seated influence of representational philosophy on political science and political theory and particularly to the claim that the mind is the source and repository of meaning, that language is primarily a vehicle of thought and a means of communication, and that reality resides in some physical or metaphysical realm that stands behind our discursive practices. Both mentalism and realism have been embraced by political theorists in a perennial search for a foundation of epistemic authority as a means of gaining practical purpose. Although this is not principally a book about Ludwig Wittgenstein, the argument for conventional realism and the critique of mentalism and traditional realism are viewed as entailments of his work and of others who embraced his conception of philosophy as an interpretive endeavor and a form of social inquiry rather than undertaking the construction of a metaphysical “super-order.” In a brief conclusion, the book discusses the normative implications of conventional realism.
Sonja Blum and Klaus Schubert
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447306252
- eISBN:
- 9781447310983
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306252.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
Today, policy analysis is not only one of the most important sub-disciplines of political science in Germany, but also an integral part of the international discipline and has contributed ...
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Today, policy analysis is not only one of the most important sub-disciplines of political science in Germany, but also an integral part of the international discipline and has contributed significantly to scientific debates, theory and methods developments. This introductory chapter develops the argument and the structure of the book, basic concepts and a common terminology. It also gives a short introduction to policy analysis in Germany, its developments and main characteristics. In so doing, it develops an argument running like a common thread through this book, namely that there is a typically German dualism between academic and applied policy analysis. Also focusing on this aspect, the introductory chapter discusses some of the main findings and arguments from the contributions to this book. At the end of the chapter, future prospects are discussed, not least with the aim to identify possible ways to extenuate the divide between academic and applied policy analysis.Less
Today, policy analysis is not only one of the most important sub-disciplines of political science in Germany, but also an integral part of the international discipline and has contributed significantly to scientific debates, theory and methods developments. This introductory chapter develops the argument and the structure of the book, basic concepts and a common terminology. It also gives a short introduction to policy analysis in Germany, its developments and main characteristics. In so doing, it develops an argument running like a common thread through this book, namely that there is a typically German dualism between academic and applied policy analysis. Also focusing on this aspect, the introductory chapter discusses some of the main findings and arguments from the contributions to this book. At the end of the chapter, future prospects are discussed, not least with the aim to identify possible ways to extenuate the divide between academic and applied policy analysis.
Gerard Delanty, Ruth Wodak, and Paul Jones (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes ...
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By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes involved in expressions of everyday racism in European countries. Consisting of three parts, the book provides a contextual understanding of European society past and present, foregrounding race and discrimination’s place within it. Part one of the text analyses the theoretical perspectives on belonging within a European context, part two addresses the exclusionary discourses and practices of states and their institutions, and part three concludes the book with four thematic discussions on violence, resistance, Islamophobia in the Netherlands, and racism in the education system.Less
By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes involved in expressions of everyday racism in European countries. Consisting of three parts, the book provides a contextual understanding of European society past and present, foregrounding race and discrimination’s place within it. Part one of the text analyses the theoretical perspectives on belonging within a European context, part two addresses the exclusionary discourses and practices of states and their institutions, and part three concludes the book with four thematic discussions on violence, resistance, Islamophobia in the Netherlands, and racism in the education system.
Nadya Hajj
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780231180627
- eISBN:
- 9780231542920
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231180627.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Conflict Politics and Policy
The right to own property is something we generally take for granted. For refugees living in camps, in some cases for as long as generations, the link between citizenship and property ownership ...
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The right to own property is something we generally take for granted. For refugees living in camps, in some cases for as long as generations, the link between citizenship and property ownership becomes strained. How do refugees protect these assets and preserve communal ties? How do they maintain a sense of identity and belonging within chaotic settings? Protection Amid Chaos follows people as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging political and economic spaces. Focusing on Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan, it shows how the first to arrive developed flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland, subsequently adapted to the restrictions of refugee life. As camps increased in complexity, refugees merged their informal institutions with the formal rules of political outsiders, devising a broader, stronger system for protecting their assets and culture from predation and state incorporation. For this book, Nadya Hajj conducted interviews with two hundred refugees. She consults memoirs, legal documents, and findings in the United Nations Relief Works Agency archives. Her work reveals the strategies Palestinian refugees have used to navigate their precarious conditions while under continuous assault and situates their struggle within the larger context of communities living in transitional spaces.Less
The right to own property is something we generally take for granted. For refugees living in camps, in some cases for as long as generations, the link between citizenship and property ownership becomes strained. How do refugees protect these assets and preserve communal ties? How do they maintain a sense of identity and belonging within chaotic settings? Protection Amid Chaos follows people as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging political and economic spaces. Focusing on Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan, it shows how the first to arrive developed flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland, subsequently adapted to the restrictions of refugee life. As camps increased in complexity, refugees merged their informal institutions with the formal rules of political outsiders, devising a broader, stronger system for protecting their assets and culture from predation and state incorporation. For this book, Nadya Hajj conducted interviews with two hundred refugees. She consults memoirs, legal documents, and findings in the United Nations Relief Works Agency archives. Her work reveals the strategies Palestinian refugees have used to navigate their precarious conditions while under continuous assault and situates their struggle within the larger context of communities living in transitional spaces.
Stephen Noakes
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781526119476
- eISBN:
- 9781526132413
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526119476.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic ...
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What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic research with cross-case comparisons to identify key factors underpinning variation in the results and processes of advocacy on a range of issues affecting both China and the world, including global warming, intellectual property rights, HIV/AIDS treatment, the use of capital punishment, suppression of the Falun Gong religious movement, and Tibetan independence. Built on an innovative blend of comparative and international theory, it advances a theory of “advocacy drift”—a process whereby the objectives and principled beliefs of activists are transformed through interaction with the Chinese state. The book is a timely reassessment of transnational civil society in the era of an ascendant China, and is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of civil society organizations.Less
What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic research with cross-case comparisons to identify key factors underpinning variation in the results and processes of advocacy on a range of issues affecting both China and the world, including global warming, intellectual property rights, HIV/AIDS treatment, the use of capital punishment, suppression of the Falun Gong religious movement, and Tibetan independence. Built on an innovative blend of comparative and international theory, it advances a theory of “advocacy drift”—a process whereby the objectives and principled beliefs of activists are transformed through interaction with the Chinese state. The book is a timely reassessment of transnational civil society in the era of an ascendant China, and is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of civil society organizations.
