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Actor-Network Theory Research : Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods - Richie Nimmo

Actor-Network Theory Research

By: Richie Nimmo (Editor)

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Actor-Network Theory has grown into one of the most innovative and influential approaches for social science research. Originating in the field of science and technology studies with scholars Michel Callon, Bruno Latour and John Law, it is now used widely across the social sciences and beyond. In this four-volume collection, Richie Nimmo brings together defining research articles on Actor-Network Theory to chart its emergence, development and transformation over time, as well as its application in multiple fields.

This comprehensive major work is organised thematically and features sections on:

Part One - Emergence, Development and Transformation:

The Sociology of Translation
Techno-Politics and Sociotechnical Relations
Reflexivity, Heterogeneity and Symmetry
Topology and Post-Social Ontologies
Materiality and Ontological Politics
Method Assemblages and Inscriptions
Critiques and Clarifications


Part Two - Translations, Parallels and Mobilisations:

Performing Markets, Finance and Economics
Arts, Taste and Cultures
Bodies, Medicine and Disabilities
Hybrid Geographies and Spaces
Ecologies, Natures and Environments
Animal Actants and Multi-Species Assemblages


Industry Reviews
Actor-Network Theory has been hugely influential across the social sciences and far beyond, and this volume serves as an ideal overview of both its core themes and its many developments and uses. Richie Nimmo has done an admirable job in compiling an excellent mix of classic statements, extended elaborations, critical commentaries, and empirical application. For anyone interested in exploring the promise of Actor-Network Theory - whether that be theoretical, methodological or political - Actor-Network Theory Research is an essential resource. -- Mike Michael Interest in the ideas and practices of Actor Network Theory has exploded across the social sciences in the last few years, often so rapidly that it has been difficult for non-specialists to keep up with all of the new applications of ANT thinking. This collection solves in one stroke such problems of keeping up to date with the diversification of ANT. Mapping out a very diverse terrain with admirable clarity and skill, the collection brings together in one place both major writings by ANT's founders and also applications of ANT ideas to a dazzling range of empirical areas. -- David Inglis How can I begin to praise a collection for being timely, rich and what have you, if it holds texts that I happened to (co-)author? This is a conundrum for the present book: those who might most readily write blurbs to flag up its wonders, are contained within it. Readers will therefore have to assess the value of this book for themselves. Good luck with that - and enjoy it in every way you can. -- Annemarie Mol By giving access to original works instead of proposing a too sketchy or subjective presentation, this book will provide a very helpful introduction to what has been called actor-network theory or the sociology of translation. A recommended reading for anyone, student, teacher, researcher or curious people, who wants to know more about this now pervasive approach in social sciences. -- Michel Callon

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