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- Title
Thinking about Groups in Political Science: A Case for Bringing the Meso Level Back In.
- Authors
El Amine, Loubna; Mazur, Kevin
- Abstract
The authors discuss the significance of groups in political science at what they identify as the meso level. They argue that emphasis upon social reproduction that occurs at the meso level can clarify the importance of groups in developed and developing countries, particularly intergenerational trends and group member connections such as kinship groups, families, and neighborhoods. The article analyzes and challenges the concept or essentialism, and presents a critique of what is identified as a fatigue among political theorists with kinship as a normative value.
- Subjects
POLITICAL science; SOCIAL groups; SOCIAL reproduction; ESSENTIALISM (Philosophy); SOCIAL structure; KINSHIP; FAMILIES; NEIGHBORHOODS; DEVELOPING countries; DEVELOPED countries
- Publication
Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA), 2022, Vol 137, Issue 2, p331
- ISSN
0032-3195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/polq.13352