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The theoretical and methodological framework sketched below is a sensitizing perspective that, I suggest, is a suitable basis for developing a sociology of governance that critically engages the idea of globalization. The chapter falls into two parts, the first being a short description of the theoretical framework, the second focusing on globalization and the construction of a contemporary sociology of postnational governance. Anti-reductionist sociology is the name that I have given to a theoretical and methodological framework that I am currently developing (Sibeon 1997a; forthcoming) as part of an interest in the sociology of public policy and governance (Sibeon 1996, 1997b). In this sub-field there are good reasons for drawing not only on sociology but on recent work in the disciplines of political science and of public policy and policy analysis; this is reflected in the interdisciplinary flavour of the second part of the chapter.
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Sibeon, R. (1999). Governance and the Postnational Policy Process. In: Brah, A., Hickman, M.J., an Ghaill, M.M. (eds) Global Futures. Explorations in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378537_5
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