PS 289 RECONSTRUCTING EPISTEMOLOGIES OF CHANGE: HOW IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS COME TO MATTER Proff. Ansell & Di Palma. Mondays, 12:00-2: Barrows

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1 PS 289 RECONSTRUCTING EPISTEMOLOGIES OF CHANGE: HOW IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS COME TO MATTER Proff. Ansell & Di Palma Mondays, 12:00-2: Barrows Chris Ansell Giuseppe Di Palma 766 Barrows 770 Barrows Phone: Phone: Office Hours: Fridays, 3:00-5:00 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 In its original posted version, we had promised a seminar on how different visions of modern democracy have recurrently affected the practices of self-ruling collectivities, whether democratic states or other territorial and functional entities. After working on it during the summer break, we have now put together a seminar that, as the new title tells you, is rather different in its focus. The reason, briefly, is that the promised seminar cannot be fully viable unless embedded in the exercise we are now ready to share with you. The investigation of an issue such as the weight of visions in changing practices of democracy demands that we revisit the epistemologies of historical change. It demands that we pay special attention to those old or new epistemologies that, in alternative to social naturalism and consequentialism, stress meaning, agency, contingency and nonlinearity. It also demands that, in so doing, we pay particular attention to epistemologies which, whether or not expressly addressed to change, focus on the proper understanding of ideas and institutions, and their autonomous role in social change. More recently, sectors of the social sciences have been marked precisely by such revisitations: in International Relations, in organizational sociology, in the cognitive and visual sciences, and among legal scholars. Since neither of us claims expertise in all of these fields, the seminar should be adventurous; possibly, abetted by the non-linearity of history, rewarding as well. At stake is not only understanding how visions come to matter in democratic practices but also understanding the kind of science we should practice in the social sciences.

2 PS 289 RECONSTRUCTING EPISTEMOLOGIES OF CHANGE: HOW IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS COME TO MATTER *Indicates Further Suggested Reading I. Introduction Week 1: Organizational Meeting II. How Ideas and Institutions Come to Matter Week 2: The Shifting Epistemologies of Social and Political Theory Somers, Margaret Where is Sociology after the Historical Turn? Knowledge, Cultures, Narrativity, and Historical Epistemologies, in T. McDonald (ed.) The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences. Shapiro, Martin Of Interests and Values: The New Politics and the New Political Science, in Marc K. Landy and Martin A. Levin (eds.). The New Politics of Public Policy (Baltimore: John Hopkins Press), pp Granovetter, Mark Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness, American Journal of Sociology, v. 91, n. 3, Sandel, Michael The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self, Political Theory, 12, Abbott, Andrew Transcending General Linear Reality, Sociological Theory, v. 6, Week 3: Culture, Cognition, and Time in the New Institutionalism March, James G. and Johan P. Olsen The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders," International Organization, v. 52, 4, Immergut, Ellen The Theoretical Core of the New Institutionalisms, Politics and Society, 26, Dobbin, Frank Forging Industrial Policy. Ch. 1 Political Culture and Industrial Rationality, pp Thelen, Kathleen Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics, Annual Review of Political Science,

3 Campbell, John L Institutional Analysis and the Role of Ideas in Political Economy, Theory and Society, v. 27, *March, James and Johan Olsen The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life, American Political Science Review, 78, *March, James and Johan Olsen Rediscovering Institutions, Ch. 3. *DiMaggio, Paul and Walter Powell Introduction, in Walter Powell and Paul DiMaggio, eds., The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. *Thelen, Kathleen and Sven Steinmo Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Perspective, in Sven Steinmo, et al., eds., Structuring Politics, *Hall, Peter and Rosemary Taylor Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms, Week 4: Constructivism and Agenda Setting Ruggie, John Gerard Constructing the World Polity. Introduction: What Makes the World Hang Together? Neo-utilitarianism and the Social Constructivist Challenge, Kingdon, John Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. Ch. 1, How does an Idea s Time Come, pp Schon, Donald and Martin Rein Frame Reflection. Ch. 2, Policy Controversies as Frame Conflicts, and Ch. 3, Rationality, Reframing, and Frame Reflection, pp Swidler, Ann Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies, American Sociological Review, v. 51, Katzenstein, Peter Cultural Norms & National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan. Ch. 2, Institutionalism, Realism, and Liberalism, pp *Searle, John The Construction of Social Reality. Week 5: Dialogism and Socioscientific Advocacy Steinberg, Marc Tilt ing the Frame: Considerations on Collective Action Framing from a Discursive Turn, Theory and Society, v. 27, Ezrahi, Yaron The Descent of Icarus: Science and the Transformation of Contemporary Democracy. Ch. 1: The Balance between Free Agency and Causation in the Liberal-Democratic Theory of Action, pp Williams, Bruce and Albert R. Matheny Democracy, Dialogue and Environment Disputes. Ch. 3, A Dialogic Model of Social Regulation, pp Linder, Stephen and B. Guy Peters. The Two Traditions of Institutional Design: Dialogic and Decisional, in D. Weimer (ed.) Institutional Design. Pp Dryzek, John Discursive Democracy: Politics, Policy, and Political Science. Ch. 1, Democratizing Rationality, pp

4 III. Epistemologies of Change: Old Wine in New Bottles, and Why Not? Week 6: The Social Naturalism of Change Parsons, Talcott The Evolution of Societies. Ch. 9. Bendix, Reinhard Nation-Building and Citizenship, Ch 8. Janos, Andrew Politics and Paradigms, Chs. 1, 2. Somers, Margaret What s Political or Cultural about Political Culture and the Public Sphere. Sociological Theory, v. 13, n. 2, Week 7: Change as Overdetermined Hirschman, Albert The Search for Paradigms as a Hindrance to Understanding, World Politics, 22, Hirschman, Albert A Bias for Hope, Introduction. Hirschman, Albert Rival Views of Market Society, Ch. 8. Foxley, Alejandro. et al. (eds.) Development, Democracy, and the Art of Trespassing, pp Week 8: Change as Path-Dependent and Refractive Krasner, Stephen Sovereignty: An Institutional Perspective, in James Caporaso, ed., The Elusive State. Pearson, Paul Path Dependence and the Study of Politics, (paper presented at the American Political Science Meeting, San Francisco, September). Orren, Karen and Stephen Skowronek Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for a New Institutionalism, in Lawrence C. Dodd and Calvin Jillson, eds, The Dynamics of American Politics, pp Orren, Karen and Stephen Skowronek Order and Time in Institutional Studies, in James Farr, et al., eds., Political Science in History, pp Smith, Rogers Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America, American Political Science Review, 87, *Collier Ruth Berins and David Collier Shaping the Political Arena, Ch. 1. Week 9: Change as Cycles and Waves Hirschman, Albert Shifting Involvements, Introduction, chs. 4-5, Conclusions.

5 Zolberg, Aristide Moments of Madness, Politics and Society, 2, Di Palma, Giuseppe To Argue the Hard Case, (ms., 1992). Huntington, Sam American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, chs. 1, 2, 6. Tarrow, Sidney Cycles of Collective Action: Between Moments of Madness and the Repertoire of Contention, in Traugott (ed.). Repertoires & Cycles of Collective Action. Pp *Morone, James The Democratic Wish. Introduction: The Democratic Wish, pp *Finnemore, Martha and Kathryn Sikkink, 1998, International Norm Dynamics and Political Change, International Organization, v. 52, n. 4, Week 10: Change as Process and Narrative Hirschman, Albert Rival Views of Market Society, Ch. 6. Andrew Abbot From Causes to Events: Notes on Narrative Positivism, Sociological Methods & Research, v. 20, n. 4, William H. Sewell Historical Events as Transformations of Structures: Inventing Revolution at the Bastille, Theory and Society, v. 25, Sewell, William Jr Three Temporalities: Towards an Eventful Sociology, in T. McDonald (ed.). The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences, pp Victor Turner Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society. Ch. 1, Social Dramas and Ritual Metaphors, pp *See Margaret Somers readings under weeks 2 & 6 IV. Public Philosophies: Liberalism and Beyond Week 11: Liberal Theory of Institutions: The More Equality Recipe Dahl, Robert Democracy and Its Critics, Chs. 2, 6, 7, 8, , , Ch. 21. Dahl, Robert A Preface to Democratic Theory, Mansbridge, Jane Living with Conflict: Representation in the Theory of Adversarial Democracy, Ethics, 91, *Kateb, George The Moral Distinctiveness of Representative Democracy,. Ethics, 91, *Walzer, Michael The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism, Political Theory, 18, *Sunstein, Cass Preferences and Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, v. 21, n. 1, 3-38.

6 Week 12: A Republican Theory of Institutions Sunstein, Cass The Enduring Legacy of Republicanism, in Elkin and Soltan (eds.) A New Constitutionalism. Pp Sandel, Michael Democracy s Discontent. Ch. 6, Free Labor versus Wage Labor, pp , Conclusion: In Search of a Public Philosophy, pp Petit, Philip Rewo rking Sandel s Republicanism, in Allen and Regan (eds.) Debating Democracy s Discontent Putnam, Robert Making Democracy Work. Ch. 4, Explaining Institutional Performance, pp Week 13: A Communitarian Theory of Institutions Selznick, Philip The Moral Commonwealth. Ch. 9, Theory of Institutions, pp ; and Ch. 11, Management and Governance, pp Bellah, Robert et al The Good Society. Ch. 1, We Live Through Institutions, pp Walzer, Michael Spheres of Justice. Ch. 2, Membership, pp Barber, Benjamin Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age. Ch. 9, Citizenship and Community: Politics as Social Being, pp Lichterman, Paul The Search for Political Community. Ch. 4. Imagining Community, Organizing Community, pp Week 14: Substantive Rationality: The Case for Post-Bureaucratic Institutions Ansell, Chris The Networked Polity: Regional Development in Western Europe. Unpublished mss. Sabel, Charles Bootstrapping Reform: Rebuilding Firms, the Welfare State, and Unions, Politics & Society, v. 23, n. 1, Barzelay, Michael Breaking Through Bureaucracy. Ch. 8, The Post-Bureaucratic Paradigm in Historical Perspective, pp Moore, Mark Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government. Ch. 3, Organizational Strategy in the Public Sector, pp Forester, John Planning in the Face of Power. Ch. 2, What Do Planning Analysts Do? Planning and Policy Analysis as Organizing, pp

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