Chris Rumford
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 181045 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Chris Rumford |
| NOMBRES | Chris |
| APELLIDO | Rumford |
| FIRMA | RUMFORD C |
| AFILIACIONES | Royal Holloway University of London |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 833 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Re-Living the Global City
Re-Living the Global City
Many Europes
The strangeness of Europe
Locating ‘World Society’ in European Studies
A sociological institutionalist approach known as ‘World Society’ led by Stanford sociologist John W. Meyer is a useful way to move beyond the state- and EU-centrism that is still prevalent in European studies. It resonates well with both the ‘sociological turn’ in European studies and the rise of constructivist critiques against rational choice accounts of European transformations. Furthermore, it helps to develop neo-institutionalist scholarshi…
Towards a (“thick”, “thin”, or “parallel”) European society? Understanding the dynamics of European multiplicity
In order to deal with the question of European society, it is useful to introduce a social-theoretical perspective that investigates the dynamics of multiplicity underlying European transformations. There are at least three co-existing routes to Europe-making that often clash with each other: “thick”, “thin”, and “parallel” Europe-making. These are in tune with definitions of Europe as an “exclusive civilizational entity”, as a “problem-solving i…
Cosmopolitan Borders
Cosmopolitan Borders
Citizen Vernacular
The chapter offers a novel non-state centric approach to the study of borders, building upon Balibar's 'borders are everywhere' thesis. One dimension of vernacularized borders studies is explored in detail: borderwork, societal bordering activity undertaken by citizens. This bordering activity is not necessarily linked to national securitization. Borderwork is explored at two UK sites, Melton Mowbray and Berwick-upon-Tweed, in order to demonstrat…
The Globalization of Strangeness
The figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger is projected. Under conditions of globalization, inside/outside markers hav
The Politics of (Un)fixity and the Vernacularisation of Borders
The paper offers an alternative interpretation of borders, one not centred on a familiar state–security–mobility nexus. It outlines a “vernacularised” border studies which emphasises the role of ordinary people in bordering activity and the potential for connectivity that borders often display, coupled with a recognition that borders are not always a possession of the nation state. The paper outlines ways in which border politics are manifest in …
Towards a Vernacularized Border Studies
The paper proposes a non-state centric approach to the study of borders, building upon Balibar's "borders are everywhere" thesis. It is argued that a vernacularized border studies highlights a number of dimensions not normally accorded priority in the study of borders. Borders can be political resources in that they can be drawn upon by a range of actors who seek to either selectively regulate mobility or use the border as a staging post which co…
New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations
Monumentalising the Border
Existing accounts of the relationship between cosmopolitanism and borders tend to assume that cosmopolitans are able to cross borders with ease, or even live across borders. Consequently, such accounts bring to the fore a cosmopolitan agency that, by definition, renders borders easier to cross but crucially, in doing so, fail to take into account the changing nature of borders. This paper challenges the traditional relationship between borders an…
Many Europes
This article advances a non-reductionist theorization of Europe as ‘multiplicity’. As an object and category of political reality, Europe is made (and re-made) within specific spatio-temporal configurations. For this reason, the first section argues that Europe should be approached as an instance of ‘historical ontology’. This counters a reductionist tendency to ‘fix’ Europe with definitive political and cultural characteristics or historical tra…
Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders
The paper develops a non-state centric approach to the study of borders, building upon Balibar's ‘borders are everywhere’ thesis. It offers a critique of the assumption of consensus (mutual recognition of borders) in border studies. It is argued that borders do not have to be visible to all in order to be effective. The case for a multiperspectival border studies is then outlined: borders cannot be properly understood from a single privileged van…
Beyond walls
(2011). Beyond walls: re‐inventing the canada‐united states borderlands. konrad, victor and nicol, heather n. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography: Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 189-191
Interventions on rethinking 'the border' in border studies
European Society - By W. Outhwaite
Global Borders
The Sage Handbook of European Studies
This handbook promotes the increasing diversity of perspectives employed in the study of contemporary Europe and EU integration and is situated in the context of Europe's transformations. It offers balanced coverage of political, social, economic cultural and institutional dimensions of Europe
Introduction
The Sage handbook of European studies
Interventions in the new political geographies of the European ‘neighborhood
Cosmopolitan Spaces
Cosmopolitan Spaces: Europe, Globalization, Theory endeavors a highly innovative reading of both globalization theory and contemporary European transformations. Interpreting cosmopolitanism as a politics of space, Rumford positions his analysis at the intersection of two exciting currents in contemporary social science research: the ‘spatial turn’ in the social sciences and the renewed interest in cosmopolitanism. Rumford elaborates a completely …
Interventions on rethinking 'the border' in border studies
Theorizing Borders
Introduction
Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders
The paper develops a non-state centric approach to the study of borders, building upon Balibar's ‘borders are everywhere’ thesis. It offers a critique of the assumption of consensus (mutual recognition of borders) in border studies. It is argued that borders do not have to be visible to all in order to be effective. The case for a multiperspectival border studies is then outlined: borders cannot be properly understood from a single privileged van…
Global Borders
Towards a Vernacularized Border Studies
The paper proposes a non-state centric approach to the study of borders, building upon Balibar's "borders are everywhere" thesis. It is argued that a vernacularized border studies highlights a number of dimensions not normally accorded priority in the study of borders. Borders can be political resources in that they can be drawn upon by a range of actors who seek to either selectively regulate mobility or use the border as a staging post which co…
Interventions in the new political geographies of the European ‘neighborhood
The Politics of (Un)fixity and the Vernacularisation of Borders
The paper offers an alternative interpretation of borders, one not centred on a familiar state–security–mobility nexus. It outlines a “vernacularised” border studies which emphasises the role of ordinary people in bordering activity and the potential for connectivity that borders often display, coupled with a recognition that borders are not always a possession of the nation state. The paper outlines ways in which border politics are manifest in …
Rethinking European Spaces
Does Europe Have Cosmopolitan Borders
Current thinking on Europe's borders is characterised by a tension between, on the one hand, the idea of ‘network Europe’, in which the importance of internal borders is much reduced as a result of the flows and mobilities characteristic of the single market and the ‘four freedoms’, and, on the other, the idea that Europe is being ‘rebordered’ as the result of security concerns over the threat of terrorism, illegal immigration, trafficking in dru…
More than a game
In this article I argue that, rather than focusing on the global diffusion of cricket and the reasons why it has been adopted in some countries but not others, the relationship between globalization and cricket is better understood in terms of the post-Westernization of the international game. The post-Westernization of cricket is associated with the rise to prominence of the One-Day International (ODI) vis-à-vis the more traditional Test match f…
Cosmopolitanism and Europe
Cosmopolitan perspectives on contemporary social and political issues have made inroads into EU studies, despite official EU discourse making no reference to Europeans as cosmopolitans. There are three main dimensions to the cosmopolitanization of the EU studies agenda: (i) a rethinking of transnationalism and globalization in relation to the EU; (ii) an increasing interest in the social dimensions of Europeanization; and (iii) a growing multi-di…
Failing the EU Test? Turkey's National Programme, EU Candidature and the Complexities of Democratic Reform
Democracy and human rights are frequently perceived as barriers to Turkey's accession to the EU. The recent publication of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis has done little to allay concerns that the country continues to 'fail the EU test' by failing to meet the Copenhagen political criteria. However, Turkey readily accepts EU 'interference' when it accords with national policy objectives. The lack of consistency in Turkey's a…
Monumentalising the Border
Existing accounts of the relationship between cosmopolitanism and borders tend to assume that cosmopolitans are able to cross borders with ease, or even live across borders. Consequently, such accounts bring to the fore a cosmopolitan agency that, by definition, renders borders easier to cross but crucially, in doing so, fail to take into account the changing nature of borders. This paper challenges the traditional relationship between borders an…
European Civil Society or Transnational Social Space
A key feature of recent debates on European Union (EU) integration is the attention paid to the issue of European society, to what extent it exists, what form it takes, and its role in the integration process. This interest in European society has emerged within three academic discourses: EU governance; post-national citizenship; and the democratic deficit. The EU's own understanding of European society reveals how the need to govern transnationa…
Many Europes
This article advances a non-reductionist theorization of Europe as ‘multiplicity’. As an object and category of political reality, Europe is made (and re-made) within specific spatio-temporal configurations. For this reason, the first section argues that Europe should be approached as an instance of ‘historical ontology’. This counters a reductionist tendency to ‘fix’ Europe with definitive political and cultural characteristics or historical tra…
Placing Democratization within the Global Frame
The process of democratization in Turkey is enhanced by both proximity to the European Union's enlargement process and universalistic discourses of personhood rights, and, at the same time, compromised by a nationalistic rejection of global human rights and democratic norms and state-led resistance to political pluralism. One key feature of the democratization process is the way in which contending parties - the Kemalist elite, religious and ethn…
Social Spaces beyond Civil Society
There has been a renewed interest in the idea of society of late. Sociological studies of globalization have posed the question of how to understand society without the nation-state, and studies of European Union (EU) integration have linked the non-emergence of a European society to the 'democratic deficit'. In both cases what is at issue is how to understand the social dynamics of transnational spaces. This paper advances three main arguments i…
European Cohesion? Globalization, Autonomization, and the Dynamics of EU Integration
Globalization is frequently assumed to be responsible for creating the economic environment in which a much greater degree of European Union (EU) economic integration is deemed necessary. In contrast, this paper argues that globalization, in conjunction with neo-liberal growth, has led to autonomization as well as integration. The term autonomization designates both that economic governance is increasingly delegated to autonomous regions, and tha…
Social Policy beyond Fear
Fear has become central to social scientific understandings of contemporary insecurities. However, this article argues that a focus on fear is not sufficient, and that an exploration of ‘wonder’ is more productive, particularly when trying to understand modes of governance and policy regimes introduced as part of the ‘war on terror’. An appropriate starting point for such an exploration is the globalization of strangeness. The idea that globaliza…
Globalization and the Limitations of European Integration Studies
This is a post-print version of a paper that appears in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.11, No. 1: 85-93, 2003 -http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(3tuwem55puxkq0vwwosc3yjq)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,9;journal,9,9;linkingpublicationresults,1:109429,1
Resisting Globalization
Turkey's relationship with the European Union (EU) is dominated by issues of democratization and human rights and is best approached from a perspective which understands the nature of the cosmopolitan regimes which work to regulate the democratic practices of nation-states and animate citizens and minority groups striving to assert their rights. Cosmopolitan or transnational processes of democratization are frequently perceived by Turkey's Kemali…
Confronting 'Uncivil Society' and the 'Dark Side of Globalization
International terrorism is frequently categorized as one element of 'uncivil society' or as the 'dark side of globalization.' The paper examines these concepts, finding them unhelpful in understanding the context for the September 11 attacks in the US. Their weakness derives in large part from the uncritical usage of the terms 'civil society?' and 'globalization' characteristic of much contemporary sociological work. In consequence, sociology is …
Turkey and European Union Enlargement
Since the Customs Union came into effect on 1 January 1996, Turkey has effectively become part of the European Union's single market. This high degree of economic integration has not been matched in the sphere of political and social integration. Turkey was omitted from a list of countries with which accession negotiations began in March 1998, and the Cardiff European Council of May 1998 confirmed Turkey's marginalization from the current process…
The strangeness of Europe
Turkey and European Union Enlargement
Since the Customs Union came into effect on 1 January 1996, Turkey has effectively become part of the European Union's single market. This high degree of economic integration has not been matched in the sphere of political and social integration. Turkey was omitted from a list of countries with which accession negotiations began in March 1998, and the Cardiff European Council of May 1998 confirmed Turkey's marginalization from the current process…
European Cohesion? Globalization, Autonomization, and the Dynamics of EU Integration
Globalization is frequently assumed to be responsible for creating the economic environment in which a much greater degree of European Union (EU) economic integration is deemed necessary. In contrast, this paper argues that globalization, in conjunction with neo-liberal growth, has led to autonomization as well as integration. The term autonomization designates both that economic governance is increasingly delegated to autonomous regions, and tha…
From Luxembourg to Helsinki
2000). From Luxembourg to Helsinki: Turkey, the politics of EU enlargement and prospects for accession. Contemporary Politics: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 331-343
Social Spaces beyond Civil Society
There has been a renewed interest in the idea of society of late. Sociological studies of globalization have posed the question of how to understand society without the nation-state, and studies of European Union (EU) integration have linked the non-emergence of a European society to the 'democratic deficit'. In both cases what is at issue is how to understand the social dynamics of transnational spaces. This paper advances three main arguments i…
Confronting 'Uncivil Society' and the 'Dark Side of Globalization
International terrorism is frequently categorized as one element of 'uncivil society' or as the 'dark side of globalization.' The paper examines these concepts, finding them unhelpful in understanding the context for the September 11 attacks in the US. Their weakness derives in large part from the uncritical usage of the terms 'civil society?' and 'globalization' characteristic of much contemporary sociological work. In consequence, sociology is …
Failing the EU Test? Turkey's National Programme, EU Candidature and the Complexities of Democratic Reform
Democracy and human rights are frequently perceived as barriers to Turkey's accession to the EU. The recent publication of the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis has done little to allay concerns that the country continues to 'fail the EU test' by failing to meet the Copenhagen political criteria. However, Turkey readily accepts EU 'interference' when it accords with national policy objectives. The lack of consistency in Turkey's a…
Placing Democratization within the Global Frame
The process of democratization in Turkey is enhanced by both proximity to the European Union's enlargement process and universalistic discourses of personhood rights, and, at the same time, compromised by a nationalistic rejection of global human rights and democratic norms and state-led resistance to political pluralism. One key feature of the democratization process is the way in which contending parties - the Kemalist elite, religious and ethn…
Do We Need a Core Curriculum in European Union Studies
Umbach and Scholl's (2003) intervention on the benefits of a core curriculum in European Studies contains much of interest, particularly their emphasis on the need for EU studies to be interdisciplinary and international, an emphasis which is gaining increasing recognition. There are however two issues that we wish to raise. The first is the idea of a core curriculum, the need for which we resist strongly. The second is to point out that Umbach a…
Globalization and the Limitations of European Integration Studies
This is a post-print version of a paper that appears in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.11, No. 1: 85-93, 2003 -http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(3tuwem55puxkq0vwwosc3yjq)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,9;journal,9,9;linkingpublicationresults,1:109429,1
European Civil Society or Transnational Social Space
A key feature of recent debates on European Union (EU) integration is the attention paid to the issue of European society, to what extent it exists, what form it takes, and its role in the integration process. This interest in European society has emerged within three academic discourses: EU governance; post-national citizenship; and the democratic deficit. The EU's own understanding of European society reveals how the need to govern transnationa…
Resisting Globalization
Turkey's relationship with the European Union (EU) is dominated by issues of democratization and human rights and is best approached from a perspective which understands the nature of the cosmopolitan regimes which work to regulate the democratic practices of nation-states and animate citizens and minority groups striving to assert their rights. Cosmopolitan or transnational processes of democratization are frequently perceived by Turkey's Kemali…
Rethinking Europe
Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford argue that we need a theory of society in order to understand Europeanization. This book advances the case that Europeanization should be theorized in terms of: globalization major social transformations that are not exclusively spear-headed by the EU the wider context of the …
Cosmopolitanism and Europe
Cosmopolitan perspectives on contemporary social and political issues have made inroads into EU studies, despite official EU discourse making no reference to Europeans as cosmopolitans. There are three main dimensions to the cosmopolitanization of the EU studies agenda: (i) a rethinking of transnationalism and globalization in relation to the EU; (ii) an increasing interest in the social dimensions of Europeanization; and (iii) a growing multi-di…
Rethinking European Spaces
Theorizing Borders
Does Europe Have Cosmopolitan Borders
Current thinking on Europe's borders is characterised by a tension between, on the one hand, the idea of ‘network Europe’, in which the importance of internal borders is much reduced as a result of the flows and mobilities characteristic of the single market and the ‘four freedoms’, and, on the other, the idea that Europe is being ‘rebordered’ as the result of security concerns over the threat of terrorism, illegal immigration, trafficking in dru…
More than a game
In this article I argue that, rather than focusing on the global diffusion of cricket and the reasons why it has been adopted in some countries but not others, the relationship between globalization and cricket is better understood in terms of the post-Westernization of the international game. The post-Westernization of cricket is associated with the rise to prominence of the One-Day International (ODI) vis-à-vis the more traditional Test match f…
Cosmopolitan Spaces
Cosmopolitan Spaces: Europe, Globalization, Theory endeavors a highly innovative reading of both globalization theory and contemporary European transformations. Interpreting cosmopolitanism as a politics of space, Rumford positions his analysis at the intersection of two exciting currents in contemporary social science research: the ‘spatial turn’ in the social sciences and the renewed interest in cosmopolitanism. Rumford elaborates a completely …
Introduction
Social Policy beyond Fear
Fear has become central to social scientific understandings of contemporary insecurities. However, this article argues that a focus on fear is not sufficient, and that an exploration of ‘wonder’ is more productive, particularly when trying to understand modes of governance and policy regimes introduced as part of the ‘war on terror’. An appropriate starting point for such an exploration is the globalization of strangeness. The idea that globaliza…
The Sage Handbook of European Studies
This handbook promotes the increasing diversity of perspectives employed in the study of contemporary Europe and EU integration and is situated in the context of Europe's transformations. It offers balanced coverage of political, social, economic cultural and institutional dimensions of Europe
Introduction
The Sage handbook of European studies
Interventions in the new political geographies of the European ‘neighborhood
European Society - By W. Outhwaite
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