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Administrative History and the Theory of Fields: Towards a Social and Political History of Public Administration

Administrative History and the Theory of Fields: Towards a Social and Political History of Public... AbstractThis article explores how French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of fields, by encouraging a critical analysis of what the state does and produces, can bring a new perspective to studying the history of public administration. To do so, it explains how the theory can be used to perform historical analysis of public administration, and examine the case of the introduction of the merit system in the Canadian federal public administration to illustrate its perspective. The article concludes that the interplay among the theory’s core concepts – capital, field, and habitus – offers a reconceptualization of the study of administrative history that integrates historical, social, and political elements. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Administory de Gruyter

Administrative History and the Theory of Fields: Towards a Social and Political History of Public Administration

Dufour, Caroline
Administory , Volume 1 (1): 14 – Aug 8, 2018
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de Gruyter
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© 2016 Caroline Dufour, Published by Sciendo
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2519-1187
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10.2478/ADHI-2018-0007
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AbstractThis article explores how French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of fields, by encouraging a critical analysis of what the state does and produces, can bring a new perspective to studying the history of public administration. To do so, it explains how the theory can be used to perform historical analysis of public administration, and examine the case of the introduction of the merit system in the Canadian federal public administration to illustrate its perspective. The article concludes that the interplay among the theory’s core concepts – capital, field, and habitus – offers a reconceptualization of the study of administrative history that integrates historical, social, and political elements.

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Administory – de Gruyter

Published: Aug 8, 2018

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