This book decisively advances the academic debate on politicisation
beyond the state of the art. It is the first book to theorise and
conceptualise 'politicisation' across the epistemic communities of
different subdisciplines, bringing together the different strands
in the debate: (international) political theory, political
sociology, comparative politics, EU studies, legal theory and
international relations. This provides a comprehensive discussion
of different concepts of politicisation, their ontological and
theoretical backgrounds, and their analytical value, including
speech-act, practice- and actor-oriented approaches. Furthermore,
the linkages of politicisation to the concepts of politics and the
political, democracy, depoliticisation, juridification, populism,
and Euroscepticism are clarified. Finally, the book shows how the
methodological toolbox in empirical politicisation research can be
completed regarding different arenas, actors and modes of
politicisation. The volume thus provides a much-needed theoretical
and conceptual reflection to the newly emerging research field of
politicisation in order to recognise and define the key issues and
build a solid foundation for further debate and empirical research.
'When does something come to be considered political - for good or
for ill? In social scientific terms, what is politicisation, under
what conditions does it occur, created by whom, and with what
consequences. These questions drive this outstanding collection of
papers that explore how politicization is to be theorized and
methodologies for its study. Rather than just a special sphere of
activity, the volume demonstrates how politics is best thought of
as an activity that can occur across individual and various
collective levels. One of the signature contributions of this
volume is its exploration of these issues across disciplines:
political science, philosophy, sociology and international
relations. The texts will be of interest to all students of
politics at a time when the very basis of political identity,
action, and organization is contested, normatively and
analytically. The texts will help bring clarity to these debates.'
-David L. Swartz, Department of Sociology, Boston University, USA
'Politization has become a widely used and disputed term In
International Relations (IR) and more recently in comparative
politics as well. This edited volume tries to elevate the term
politization onto an analytical concept by i.a. opening it up for
action theoretical and organizational approaches. One of the great
achievements of the editor is to bring conceptual order into a
dispersed debate across political science and its subdisciplines.
Moreover, the contributions show how to apply the concept(s) of
politization on such different subjects such as democratization,
de-democratization, transitions, denationalization or the emergence
of populism and Euroscepticism. This is a muchawaited book which
can become a conceptual point of reference for better understanding
the evolution of national and international regimes.' -Wolfgang
Merkel, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
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