Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis
The most important sociologists have discussed whether it is the social structure that produces individual behaviours or the latters are only the results of individuals’ will. In the literature of international relations, as well, a similar debate about the structure-agency problem has developed: i...
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The most important sociologists have discussed whether it is the social structure that produces individual behaviours or the latters are only the results of individuals’ will. In the literature of international relations, as well, a similar debate about the structure-agency problem has developed: in this context, the central question is whether or not there exist external sources of influences for the decisions that states take in international politics. This article, by sharing an integrative and post-structural approach (Archer, 1995; Foucault, 1970) proposes an empirical analysis of the formation of power architectures within the UN-SC surrounding the question of Intercultural Dialogue. A Social Network Analysis checks whether the way actors exercise power is concurrently the result of individual wills whose contents follows both institutional and cultural conditioning. Findings show that there is not a fixed structure of power relations which can be given for granted but it is continuously negotiated through both practices and social interactions. However, both institutional and, above all, cultural factors shape power relations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-eea7569a9c774ef2a2ddc80c496736fe2022-12-22T02:40:54ZengHipatia PressRIMCIS2014-36802021-03-0110110.17583/rimcis.2020.5248Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network AnalysisLivia García-Faroldi0Valeria Bello1Universidad de MálagaUniversidad Ramón Llul The most important sociologists have discussed whether it is the social structure that produces individual behaviours or the latters are only the results of individuals’ will. In the literature of international relations, as well, a similar debate about the structure-agency problem has developed: in this context, the central question is whether or not there exist external sources of influences for the decisions that states take in international politics. This article, by sharing an integrative and post-structural approach (Archer, 1995; Foucault, 1970) proposes an empirical analysis of the formation of power architectures within the UN-SC surrounding the question of Intercultural Dialogue. A Social Network Analysis checks whether the way actors exercise power is concurrently the result of individual wills whose contents follows both institutional and cultural conditioning. Findings show that there is not a fixed structure of power relations which can be given for granted but it is continuously negotiated through both practices and social interactions. However, both institutional and, above all, cultural factors shape power relations. https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rimcis/article/view/5248intercultural dialoguepowersocial network analysisinternational relationsculture |
| spellingShingle | Livia García-Faroldi Valeria Bello Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis RIMCIS intercultural dialogue power social network analysis international relations culture |
| title | Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis |
| title_full | Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis |
| title_short | Power and Cultures of the World. Developing New Social Architectures of Influence in the UN: A Network Analysis |
| title_sort | power and cultures of the world developing new social architectures of influence in the un a network analysis |
| topic | intercultural dialogue power social network analysis international relations culture |
| url | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rimcis/article/view/5248 |
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