{"product_id":"a-political-sociology-of-the-european-union-reassessing-constructivism-europe-in-change-9780719082436","title":"A Political Sociology of the European Union","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a critical appraisal of the constructivist approach in European studies, this volume introduces a new political sociology approach focused on actors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Revitalising EU studies through constructivism - Andy Smith\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: What Europe constructs: towards a sociological constructivism - Michel Mangenot \u0026amp; Jay Rowell\u003cbr\u003ePart I: The construction of European fields\u003cbr\u003e1.  Making top civil servants: Europeaness as an identity and a resource - Marine de Lassalle \u0026amp; Didier Georgakakis\u003cbr\u003e2. The invention and transformation of a governmental body: the Council Secretariat - Michel Mangenot\u003cbr\u003e3. Lawyers as Europe's middlemen: a sociology of litigants pleading before the European Court of Justice (1954-1978) - Christele Marchand \u0026amp; Antoine Vauchez\u003cbr\u003e4. The emergence of 'European' careers in sub-national French administrations - Marine de Lassalle\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The social construction of European problems\u003cbr\u003e5. Constitutional activism and fundamental rights in Europe: common interests through transnational socialisation - Laurent Scheeck\u003cbr\u003e6. The construction of a European interest through legal expertise: property owners associations and the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Hélène Michel\u003cbr\u003e7.  A constructivist-institutionalist approach to EU Politics: the case of Protected Geographical Indications for Food - Andy Smith\u003cbr\u003e8. The European Parliament and the politicisation of the European space: the case of the two port packages - Willy Beauvallet\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Constructing reality through policy instruments\u003cbr\u003e9.  From integration by law to Europeanisation by numbers: the making of a 'competitive Europe' through intergovernmental benchmarking - Isabelle Bruno\u003cbr\u003e10.  From an instrument to the instrumentalisation of 'European opinion' - Philippe Aldrin\u003cbr\u003e11.  Expert measurement in the government of Lifelong Learning - Romuald Normand\u003cbr\u003e12. The instrumentation of European disability policy: constructing a policy field with numbers - Jay Rowell\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884279607639,"sku":"9780719082436","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-political-sociology-of-the-european-union-reassessing-constructivism-europe-in-change-9780719082436","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}