Bill Mcsweeney
Biographic Data
| ID | 253002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Mcsweeney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcsweeney |
| SIGNATURE | MCSWEENEY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1719-879X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 436 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Dynamic Diversity: Variety and Variation Within Countries
National models of social action over-privilege continuity and uniformity. They discount change — which they lack the capacity to explain (other than through exogenous shocks) — and neglect diversity within countries. This paper focuses on the national culture model which it argues requires commitment to illogical arguments and to suppositions which are theoretically and empirically untenable. An evaluation of each, it is argued, points to the ex…
Maximizing shareholder‐value: A panacea for economic growth or a recipe for economic and social disintegration
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the claim that the pursuit of maximum value (wealth) for shareholders optimises economic and social benefits for society as a whole. Design/methodology/approach Evidence cited in support of the claim and the methodology employed by its supporters are examined. Counter‐evidence from a wide range of disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, and medical sociology, is considered. Findings T…
The Essentials of Scholarship: A Reply to Geert Hofstede
L'A. repond a Geert Hofstede a propos de sa conception des cultures nationales et des valeurs qu'elles seraient censees vehiculer. Sur un plan methodologique, il montre la faiblesse de ses modeles de cultures nationales masculines ou feminines
The essentials of scholarship: A reply to Geert Hofstede
Hofstede's Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis
Geert Hofstede's legendary national culture research is critiqued. Crucial assumptions which underlie his claim to have uncovered the secrets of entire national cultures are described and challenged. The plausibility of systematically causal national cultures is questioned
Interests and Identity in the Construction of the Belfast Agreement
Durkheim and the Copenhagen school: A response to Buzan and Waever
Rather than attempt to respond to the many points of detail raised in the discussion piece by Buzan and Wæver in the April 1997 issue of the Review, I shall address what I consider three central areas of dispute, and leave readers to judge whether the conclusion of my original paper, that Buzan's authorship in Wæver et al. subverts the thesis of his People, States and Fear, still holds.Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver, 'Slippery? Contradictory? Sociolog…
Moral Issues in International Affairs: Problems of European Integration
Security, Identity and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Identity and security: Buzan and the Copenhagen school
Since the publication in 1983 of the first edition of People, States and Fear , Barry Buzan's work has established itself—for European scholars, at least—as the canon and indispensable reference point for students of security. His book and the revisions of the second edition (1991) have been the stimulus for further exploration of the security problem at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen. Together with Buzan, the collaborat…
Accounting for the Audit Commission
The European Neutrals and the European Community
1. The Single European Act European Political Cooperation (EPC) began in 1970 as an inter-governmental arrangment between member-states to coordinate foreign policy on the basis of consensus decision-making and, since then, it has been the main agency of the Community for the expression of its political aspirations and for their embodiment in limited fields of foreign policy. These aspirations are contained in the foundation Treaties of the Commu…
Early stages of development
Measured in terms of growth since 1945, the study of security is probably the most prestigious sub-field of international relations. As many have noted, its growth and status were enhanced by the injection of money into the expansion of academic posts and publishing opportunities to sustain them. The main pressure behind this lever of opportunity was undoubtedly the relevance to US foreign policy of the realist approach to the subject during what…
Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations
Bill McSweeney addresses the central problem of international relations - security - and constructs a novel framework for its analysis. He argues for the unity of the interpersonal, societal and international levels of human behaviour and outlines a concept of security which more adequately reflects the complexity and ambiguity of the topic. This book introduces an alternative way of theorizing the international order, within which the idea of se…
Roman Catholicism, The Search for Relevance
Journal Article Roman Catholicism, The Search for Relevance, by Bill McSweeney. Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1980, xvi + 272 pp. $17.95 Get access Carroll J. Bourg Carroll J. Bourg Fisk University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 44, Issue 2, Summer 1983, Pages 168–169, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711404 Published: 01 July 1983
Roman Catholicism: The Search for Relevance
The Priesthood in Sociological Theory
Depuis Max Weber, l'étude du sacerdoce par les sociologues a été menée dans une perspective théorique qui ne diffère guère de celle utilisée pour l'étude du pasteur. Ce qui revient à dire que le prêtre a été mis sur un pied d'égalité avec le ministre d'une église chrétienne non-sacerdotale et que les différences théologiques et historiques ont été vues comme sans pertinence au point de vue sociologique. Cet article traite des ouvrages consacrés a…
Meaning, Context and Situation
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Hofstede's Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis
Geert Hofstede's legendary national culture research is critiqued. Crucial assumptions which underlie his claim to have uncovered the secrets of entire national cultures are described and challenged. The plausibility of systematically causal national cultures is questioned
Dynamic Diversity: Variety and Variation Within Countries
National models of social action over-privilege continuity and uniformity. They discount change — which they lack the capacity to explain (other than through exogenous shocks) — and neglect diversity within countries. This paper focuses on the national culture model which it argues requires commitment to illogical arguments and to suppositions which are theoretically and empirically untenable. An evaluation of each, it is argued, points to the ex…
Identity and security: Buzan and the Copenhagen school
Since the publication in 1983 of the first edition of People, States and Fear , Barry Buzan's work has established itself—for European scholars, at least—as the canon and indispensable reference point for students of security. His book and the revisions of the second edition (1991) have been the stimulus for further exploration of the security problem at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen. Together with Buzan, the collaborat…
The Essentials of Scholarship: A Reply to Geert Hofstede
L'A. repond a Geert Hofstede a propos de sa conception des cultures nationales et des valeurs qu'elles seraient censees vehiculer. Sur un plan methodologique, il montre la faiblesse de ses modeles de cultures nationales masculines ou feminines
Durkheim and the Copenhagen school: A response to Buzan and Waever
Rather than attempt to respond to the many points of detail raised in the discussion piece by Buzan and Wæver in the April 1997 issue of the Review, I shall address what I consider three central areas of dispute, and leave readers to judge whether the conclusion of my original paper, that Buzan's authorship in Wæver et al. subverts the thesis of his People, States and Fear, still holds.Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver, 'Slippery? Contradictory? Sociolog…
Accounting for the Audit Commission
Meaning, Context and Situation
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The essentials of scholarship: A reply to Geert Hofstede
Interests and Identity in the Construction of the Belfast Agreement
Moral Issues in International Affairs: Problems of European Integration
Security, Identity and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
The European Neutrals and the European Community
1. The Single European Act European Political Cooperation (EPC) began in 1970 as an inter-governmental arrangment between member-states to coordinate foreign policy on the basis of consensus decision-making and, since then, it has been the main agency of the Community for the expression of its political aspirations and for their embodiment in limited fields of foreign policy. These aspirations are contained in the foundation Treaties of the Commu…
The Priesthood in Sociological Theory
Depuis Max Weber, l'étude du sacerdoce par les sociologues a été menée dans une perspective théorique qui ne diffère guère de celle utilisée pour l'étude du pasteur. Ce qui revient à dire que le prêtre a été mis sur un pied d'égalité avec le ministre d'une église chrétienne non-sacerdotale et que les différences théologiques et historiques ont été vues comme sans pertinence au point de vue sociologique. Cet article traite des ouvrages consacrés a…
Meaning, Context and Situation
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Priesthood in Sociological Theory
Depuis Max Weber, l'étude du sacerdoce par les sociologues a été menée dans une perspective théorique qui ne diffère guère de celle utilisée pour l'étude du pasteur. Ce qui revient à dire que le prêtre a été mis sur un pied d'égalité avec le ministre d'une église chrétienne non-sacerdotale et que les différences théologiques et historiques ont été vues comme sans pertinence au point de vue sociologique. Cet article traite des ouvrages consacrés a…
Roman Catholicism: The Search for Relevance
Roman Catholicism, The Search for Relevance
Journal Article Roman Catholicism, The Search for Relevance, by Bill McSweeney. Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1980, xvi + 272 pp. $17.95 Get access Carroll J. Bourg Carroll J. Bourg Fisk University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 44, Issue 2, Summer 1983, Pages 168–169, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711404 Published: 01 July 1983
Early stages of development
Measured in terms of growth since 1945, the study of security is probably the most prestigious sub-field of international relations. As many have noted, its growth and status were enhanced by the injection of money into the expansion of academic posts and publishing opportunities to sustain them. The main pressure behind this lever of opportunity was undoubtedly the relevance to US foreign policy of the realist approach to the subject during what…
Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations
Bill McSweeney addresses the central problem of international relations - security - and constructs a novel framework for its analysis. He argues for the unity of the interpersonal, societal and international levels of human behaviour and outlines a concept of security which more adequately reflects the complexity and ambiguity of the topic. This book introduces an alternative way of theorizing the international order, within which the idea of se…
Accounting for the Audit Commission
The European Neutrals and the European Community
1. The Single European Act European Political Cooperation (EPC) began in 1970 as an inter-governmental arrangment between member-states to coordinate foreign policy on the basis of consensus decision-making and, since then, it has been the main agency of the Community for the expression of its political aspirations and for their embodiment in limited fields of foreign policy. These aspirations are contained in the foundation Treaties of the Commu…
Security, Identity and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Identity and security: Buzan and the Copenhagen school
Since the publication in 1983 of the first edition of People, States and Fear , Barry Buzan's work has established itself—for European scholars, at least—as the canon and indispensable reference point for students of security. His book and the revisions of the second edition (1991) have been the stimulus for further exploration of the security problem at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen. Together with Buzan, the collaborat…
Interests and Identity in the Construction of the Belfast Agreement
Durkheim and the Copenhagen school: A response to Buzan and Waever
Rather than attempt to respond to the many points of detail raised in the discussion piece by Buzan and Wæver in the April 1997 issue of the Review, I shall address what I consider three central areas of dispute, and leave readers to judge whether the conclusion of my original paper, that Buzan's authorship in Wæver et al. subverts the thesis of his People, States and Fear, still holds.Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver, 'Slippery? Contradictory? Sociolog…
Moral Issues in International Affairs: Problems of European Integration
The Essentials of Scholarship: A Reply to Geert Hofstede
L'A. repond a Geert Hofstede a propos de sa conception des cultures nationales et des valeurs qu'elles seraient censees vehiculer. Sur un plan methodologique, il montre la faiblesse de ses modeles de cultures nationales masculines ou feminines
The essentials of scholarship: A reply to Geert Hofstede
Hofstede's Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis
Geert Hofstede's legendary national culture research is critiqued. Crucial assumptions which underlie his claim to have uncovered the secrets of entire national cultures are described and challenged. The plausibility of systematically causal national cultures is questioned
Maximizing shareholder‐value: A panacea for economic growth or a recipe for economic and social disintegration
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the claim that the pursuit of maximum value (wealth) for shareholders optimises economic and social benefits for society as a whole. Design/methodology/approach Evidence cited in support of the claim and the methodology employed by its supporters are examined. Counter‐evidence from a wide range of disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, and medical sociology, is considered. Findings T…
Dynamic Diversity: Variety and Variation Within Countries
National models of social action over-privilege continuity and uniformity. They discount change — which they lack the capacity to explain (other than through exogenous shocks) — and neglect diversity within countries. This paper focuses on the national culture model which it argues requires commitment to illogical arguments and to suppositions which are theoretically and empirically untenable. An evaluation of each, it is argued, points to the ex…
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