Relational sociology: a well-defined sociological paradigm or a challenging ‘relational turn’ in sociology?

Prandini, Riccardo

doi:10.1080/03906701.2014.997969

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“…Hence, when theorising societal responses to climate change, the relational practices of personal life may be screened out and denied any capacities for energising collective restructuring of structures. Yet sociologist have recently reasserted and reclaimed the discipline's long-term acknowledgment that individuals are relational (Emirbayer 1997, Crossley 2011, Prandini 2015, Roseneil and Ketokivi 2016. In a relational sociology, personal lives must be implicated in wider social process since individuals and social life are mutually constituted through relationships and the relational processes or practices of their making.…”

Section: Relationality and Individualisationmentioning

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Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

Jamieson

2019

Sociology

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The substantive concerns and theoretical insights of sociologies of family, intimate and personal life ought to place this body of work in closer dialogue with environmental sociology over the ‘big issue’ of climate change. However, its research active practitioners typically have a narrower repertoire of engagement with global issues and those who are outside the topic area often miss the value of its contributions. This article discusses common ground between this specialist area and sociologies of environmental issues in unpacking processes of social change through empirically grounded theoretical work. This includes the renewed theoretical emphasis on relationality, empirically based critique of the ‘individualisation thesis’, uses of ‘practice’ to transcend ‘micro’–‘macro’ and ‘social’–‘natural’ divisions, and interest in I/we boundary shifts. More fully recognising the potential of this overlapping territory may help leverage more effective sociological responses to the global challenge of climate change.

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Section: Relationality and Individualisationmentioning

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Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

Jamieson

2019

Sociology

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“…Despite sustained calls for embedding the relational in descriptions of organizations (e.g., Follett, 1927Follett, , 1949Mayo, 1933;Uhl-Bien & Ospina, 2012) and educational administration and leadership (Griffiths, 1959;Leithwood & Duke, 1999;Yauch, 1949) what has remained somewhat illusive is a robust theory of relations and the intellectual resources to make it happen. Aligning with the 'relational turn' in the social sciences Prandini, 2015) and a 'theory turn' in educational administration and leadership (Niesche, 2018), it is arguably not surprising to see the emergence of a relational alternative. Significantly, the relational approach that I am advancing here offers a methodological framing and the necessary theoretical resources to enact it.…”

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Article Info This Special Issue Editor's introduction provides an overview of the rationale for the Issue and a summary of the papers. Importantly, it does two things: first, it locates the work in the field and in particular the absence of sustained dialogue and debate-or more specifically the logic of academic work (argument and refutation)-concerning theoretical research programs; and second, it demonstrates how journals (or other scholarly outlets/forums) can facilitate a social epistemology. In doing so, the introduction (and the Special Issue at large) identify an issue of timely relevance and provides a generative alternative that works towards overcoming (not necessarily resolving) the issue.

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“…Although some regard relational thinking as both a precursor and a subset of social network analysis (Erikson 2013), its fundamental elements have analytical and explanatory power beyond specific methodologies (Mische 2011). At present, it is best conceived as an umbrella term for different theoretical strands, which challenge some established ideas, theories and methods in sociology, such as rational choice theory and categorical approaches that emphasize shared attributes (Dépelteau 2015;Prandini 2015). Theorists adopting a relational perspective reject the idea that 'entities', 'essences' or 'realities' have 'independent existences present anterior to any relation' (Cassirer 1953: 36, cited in Emirbayer 1997.…”

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Reframing transnational engagement: a relational analysis of Afghan diasporic groups

Fischer

2018

Global Networks

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In recent years, there have been repeated calls to refocus studies of diasporic engagements, especially their conceptual underpinnings, underlying assumptions and units of analysis. Based on a qualitative case study of Afghan diasporic groups in Britain and Germany, I propose a refined approach to such engagements. I combine the distinction between different spheres of engagement with key concepts from relational sociology. Afghans in both countries participate in a plethora of transnational engagements, which vary according to the extent of their orientation towards the public or private sphere. At the same time, clearly delineated groups of people undertake engagements observed in different spheres, which different aims and objectives drive. Although informants' attachments to their home country are important, they are not the only basis on which they act. My conceptual angle seeks to inspire critical, nuanced and theoretically rich research on diasporas as social actors and transnational civic engagement in a wider sense.

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Relational sociology: a well-defined sociological paradigm or a challenging ‘relational turn’ in sociology?

Cited by 61 publications

References 16 publications

Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

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Reframing transnational engagement: a relational analysis of Afghan diasporic groups

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