Understanding construction reform discourses
| Autor: | Andrew R.J. Dainty, Scott Fernie, John-Paul Smiley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Government
media_common.quotation_subject Social reality Perspective (graphical) Sign (semiotics) Environmental ethics Building and Construction Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Management Information Systems Power (social and political) Critical theory Law Economics Ideology media_common Exposition (narrative) |
| Zdroj: | Construction Management and Economics. 32:804-815 |
| ISSN: | 1466-433X 0144-6193 |
| Popis: | Attempts to drive change and reform of the UK construction industry have been an ongoing concern for numerous stakeholders, both in government and across industry, for years. The issue is a seemingly perennially topical one which shows little sign of abating. Scholarly analyses of the reform agenda have tended to adopt a Critical Theory perspective. Such an approach, however, lacks a certain nuance and perhaps only reveals one layer of social reality. What is arguably lacking is a more fundamental exposition concerning the historical, social and cultural explanatory forces at play. While it is illuminating to expose vested interests, ideology and power, what has led to the development of various views? How have they come to achieve such high accord in discussions? Drawing on the works of Max Weber, Georg Simmel and Barbara Adam, this paper seeks to develop a broader theoretical lens. It considers the wider socio-cultural structures and forces that influence behaviour, shape and constrain these views. This... |
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