When Order Feels Good

Sociological Perspectives on the Role of Emotions in the Restitution of Order in Failing States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2363403
AutoresArmano Srbljinovic (0000-0003-0676-2842, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, autor correspondente), Jasmina Bozic (0000-0001-9683-420X, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ano2017
Volume60
Fascículo2
Páginas394-415
Data de publicação2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0731121416633256
OpenAlexW2332172252
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas57

We argue that social order emerges from interactions among human individuals who develop and internalize emotional beliefs on their place within wider social surroundings in the form of social contract. Although parts of this thesis can be justified by referencing recent works in international relations, the sociology of emotions allows elaborating the thesis more consistently across various analytical levels: the individual, the intrastate/societal, and the international. We rely on sociological theories of emotions and draw implications for the establishment and maintenance of social contract, as well as the restoration and bolstering of social order in failing states. Knowledge of local culture, rituals, perceptions of self and others, modes of exchange, power and status hierarchies, and stratification patterns can all provide clues, here summarized in the form of guidelines as to how more effective, yet noninvasive, means of engagement in failing states may be thought out and put to action

Economics · Epistemology · Perception · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social order · Social relation · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology