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Globalization Strategies and the Economics Dispositif: Insights from Germany and the UK
Globalisierungsstrategien und das ökonomische Dispositif: Einblicke aus Deutschland und Großbritannien
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Abstract This contribution analyses current transformations in the field of economics as a reconfiguration of various academic cultures embedded in globalised hierarchies. The theoretical argument points to the rules and modalities which constitute the field of economics as a dispositif that covers different... view more
This contribution analyses current transformations in the field of economics as a reconfiguration of various academic cultures embedded in globalised hierarchies. The theoretical argument points to the rules and modalities which constitute the field of economics as a dispositif that covers different local academic fields and reaches into other areas of the global political economy. Drawing on empirical data from German and UK economics, the study shows how national fields respond to global pressures and create a global class society of economists. I will analyse, first, how academic hierarchies develop in two different countries and, second, how discourses of excellence constitute academic cultures within these hierarchies. On the basis of wide-ranging empirical data, the analysis develops new theoretical reflections about the logic of academic fields under globalisation. As a result, three different scientific cultures emerge that characterise the current field of academic economics: “native transnationals,” “migration transnationals,” and “local transnationals.”... view less
Keywords
capitalism; dispositif; discourse; Federal Republic of Germany; Foucault, M.; social field; hybridity; Bourdieu, P.; political economy; social structure; globalization; field theory; Great Britain; economic change
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
Economic expert discourses; dispositif analysis; discourse studies; globalisation; world system theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 120-146
Journal
Historical Social Research, 43 (2018) 3
Issue topic
Economists, Politics, and Society: New Insights from Mapping Economic Practices Using Field-Analysis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.3.120-146
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed