Politiques sociales / Social Policies: Enjeux methodologiques et epistemologiques des comparaisons internationales / Epistemological and Methodological Issues in Cross-National Comparison
Politiques sociales / Social Policies: Enjeux methodologiques et epistemologiques des comparaisons internationales / Epistemological and Methodological Issues in Cross-National Comparison
La multiplication des recherches comparatives internationales, notamment europeennes, contraste singulierement avec le peu de reflexion sur leur epistemologie et sur les questions de methode. C'est a ce manque que cet ouvrage cherche a remedier en s'appuyant sur l'experience d'historiens, de sociologues, de politistes et d'economistes de divers pays europeens. Comment ces chercheurs construisent-ils la comparabilite de leurs objets ? Quel role les langues jouent-elles dans la clarte de la comparaison ? Comment depasser l'opposition entre universalisme et relativisme culturaliste ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions auxquelles cet ouvrage apporte un eclairage tout a fait novateur. Prenant appui sur leur experience empirique, les auteurs proposent a la fois un instrument de travail utile pour les chercheurs et un outil de reflexion pour les acteurs des politiques sociales qui travaillent de plus en plus en milieu international.
While the amount of cross-national comparative research has continued to grow, especially in Europe, remarkably little attention has been devoted to epistemological and methodological questions. Papers in this book by historians, sociologists, economists and political scientists aim to contribute to this insufficiently explored research topic. Drawn from various European countries, they explain how they construct their research objects. They address the role of languages in comparative research and they all try to reach beyond the opposition between universalism and culturalist relativism or particularism. The authors draw on their extensive empirical knowledge to produce a useful instrument for researchers. Their writing will also find important echoes among practitioners of social policies, who are increasingly confronted with international situations and need models to interpret the practical differences they experience.
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