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Grounding the political spectrum: how three Canadian think tanks integrate social space
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This paper introduced the concept of modalities of integration to examine how a selection of three Canadian think tanks were integrated into the field theory of field theory and applied it to the study of American think tanks.Abstract:
Building on Bourdieu’s Field Theory and on Thomas Medvetz’s study of American think tanks, this article introduces the concept of modalities of integration to examine how a selection of three Canad...read more
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TL;DR: In this article, a variety of analytic approaches have been used to address the problems of international cooperation, but the approaches have yielded only fragmentary insights, focusing on the technical aspects of a specific problem, how do they define state interests and develop viable solutions? What factors shape their behavior? Under conditions of uncertainty, what are the origins of international institutions? And how can we best study the processes through which international policy coordination and order emerge?
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Social space and symbolic power
TL;DR: Bourdieu as discussed by the authors describes the theoretical implications of his book Distinction and draws out those of its theoretical implications that are most likely to elude its readers, particularly here in the United States, due to the differences between our respective cultural and scholarly traditions.
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The road from Mont Pèlerin : the making of the neoliberal thought collective
Philip Mirowski,Dieter Plehwe +1 more
TL;DR: The Road from Mont Pelerin this paper is a seminal work in the history of economic thought, focusing on the formation and evolution of modern neoliberalism in the early 1970s.
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Revision of the High-Technology Sector and Product Classification
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the methods used to classify the OECD countries industrial sectors and manufactures by level of technology, and present the resulting classifications, which are drawn up by the OECD Secretariat in collaboration with Eurostat, the object being to finalise the approach by sector and provide a more appropriate instrument for analyzing international trade.
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Le champ scientifique
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a "reine" and "interesselose" Universum of Wissenschaft as "a soziales Feld wie ein anderes, with seinen Krafteverhaltnissen and Monopolen, seinen Kampfen and Strategien seinen Interessen and Profiten".