A bibliometric analysis of the reception of Pierre Bourdieu’s work in political science

Codato, Adriano; Bittencourt, Maiane; Perich, Rafael; Silva, Rodrigo

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Seção Temática: 20 anos depois: pensar com e sem Bourdieu • Educ. Pesqui. 48 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-4634202248255565por linkcopy

A bibliometric analysis of the reception of Pierre Bourdieu’s work in political science

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Pierre Bourdieu has a firmly established reputation within the social sciences, particularly in the field of Sociology. But how has Bourdieu been received in the field of Political Science? If we look at the most important journals in the area, citations to his books are practically non-existent. On the other hand, many researches devoted to the field of power in France, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc., have been inspired by Bourdieu’s Sociology of political life. This article explores the author’s presence and influence on political science publications outside of mainstream journals. Stemming from an extensive database of 25,475 documents indexed in the Scopus database that mention Pierre Bourdieu in the bibliographic references, we analyzed 355 articles that used his key concepts for political analysis, such as political field, State, and symbolic power. We found that even when Bourdieu’s writings are cited, the works referenced are not connected to his sociology of politics. A contextual analysis of the 20 most cited articles of these 355 documents revealed that references to Bourdieu were mostly positive. Furthermore, acknowledgments of the author’s authority were more common than corroborative arguments based on his theory. The influence of Bourdieu’s ideas on the works analyzed was superficial in 17 of the 20 cases.

Pierre Bourdieu; Political science; Political sociology; Bibliometrics; Political field

Time and sources
timespan	1985-2021
frequency distribution of sources	158
Document Types	N
article	347
book chapter	2
conference paper	6
total number of manuscripts	355
Document Contents	N
frequency distribution of keywords associated by SCOPUS	427
frequency distribution of authors’ keywords	995
cited references	19.809
Authors	N
Authors’ frequency distribution	472
Number of author appearances	492
Authors of single-authored documents	250
Authors of multi-authored documents	222
Authors Collaboration
Single-authored documents	261
Co-Authors per Documents	1,39

RanK	Author, Year	Concept/Term/Idea	Citation Function	Citation Polarity	Influence
1	( Peck and Theodore, 2019 )	neoliberalismo	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
2	( Massoc, 2020 )	autonomização da burocracia	apoio	positiva	superficial
3	( Jensen and Hapal, 2018 )	relações de troca	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
4	( Lester and Hutchins, 2012 )	campo jornalístico	apoio	positiva	superficial
5	( Tang and Yang, 2011 )	poder simbólico	corroboração	positiva	significativamente positiva
6	( Htun, 2004 )	intrusão etnocêntrica	apoio	positiva	superficial
7	( Dryzek, 2001 )	campo discursivo	crítica	neutra	superficial
8	( Lord, 2013 )	legitimidade	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
9	( Splichal, 2006 )	“ A opinião pública não existe”	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
10	( Schwartz, 2020 )	ação do Estado	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
11	( Jabko and Sheingate, 2018 )	habitus	corroboração	positiva	significativamente positiva
12	( Krook and Sanín, 2016 )	violência simbólica	corroboração	positiva	significativamente positiva
13	( Howard, 2010 )	poder simbólico da linguagem	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
14	( Hirt, Sellar and Young, 2013 )	neoliberalismo	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
15	( Crompton, 2019 )	“ação social”	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
16	( Tockman and Cameron, 2014 )	capital simbólico	apoio	positiva	superficial
17	( Cahill, 2013 )	neoliberalismo	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
18	( Bergh and Erlingsson, 2009 )	neoliberalismo	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
19	( Stehlin, 2014 )	fração dominada da classe dominante	reconhecimento	positiva	superficial
20	( Stevenson, Condor and Abell, 2007 )	trabalho de representação	reconhecimento	neutra	superficial

Rank	Cited references	Citations
1	Language and Symbolic Power (1991; Ce que parler veut dire (1982)	56
2	Distinction (1984; La distinction 1979)	53
3	Logic of Practice (1990; Le sens pratique 1980)	45
4	Outline of a Theory of Practice (1977; Esquisse d’une théorie de la pratique 1972)	32
5	The State Nobility (1996; La noblesse d’État 1989)	21
6	Practical Reason (1998; Raisons pratiques 1994)	20
7	Masculine Domination (2001; Domination masculine 1998)	15
8	Pascalian Meditations (2000; Méditations pascaliennes 1997)	13
9	“A representação política”. In: O poder simbólico (1998; “La représentation politique” 1981)	12
10	The Rules of Art (1996; Les Règles de l’art 1992)	11

N	etapas de busca	string de busca	documentos
1	Delimitação por conceitos em títulos, resumos e palavras-chave e busca pelo nome do autor em qualquer campo	(TITLE-ABS-KEY (“field autonomy” OR legit* OR struggle OR “homology of the fields” OR state OR “political field” OR “field of power” OR “symbolic capital” OR domination OR “social space” OR “symbolic power” OR violence OR “penal state” OR neoliberalism OR trajectory) AND (politic*) ) AND (bourdieu)	27.331
2	Delimitação por conceitos e pelo autor nas referências bibliográficas	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“field autonomy” OR legit* OR struggle OR “homology of the fields” OR state OR “political field” OR “field of power” OR “symbolic capital” OR domination OR “social space” OR “symbolic power” OR violence OR “penal state” OR neoliberalism OR trajectory) AND ( politic*) AND REFAUTH(bourdieu)	25.475
3	Delimitação por conceitos, pelo autor nas referências bibliográficas, por área específica e tipo de documento	( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( “field autonomy” OR legit* OR struggle OR “homology of the fields” OR state OR “political field” OR “field of power” OR “symbolic capital” OR domination OR “social space” OR legit* OR “symbolic power” OR violence OR “penal state” OR neoliberalism OR trajectory ) AND (politic*) AND REFAUTH (bourdieu) AND NOT (sociology OR “international relations”)) AND (SUBJMAIN (3312) OR SUBJMAIN (3320)) AND (EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE , “no”) OR EXCLUDE ( DOCTYPE, “ed” ) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE, “sh”) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE , “Undefined”))	1.652
4	Mesmo procedimento da etapa 3 com eliminação manual de periódicos fora da ciência política strictu sensu e limitação a documentos em inglês, francês, espanhol, português, e italiano	(((TITLE-ABS-KEY (“field autonomy” OR legit* OR struggle OR “homology of the fields” OR state OR “political field” OR “field of power” OR “symbolic capital” OR domination OR “social space” OR legit* OR “symbolic power” OR violence OR “penal state” OR neoliberalism OR trajectory)) AND (politic) AND REFAUTH (bourdieu) AND NOT (sociology OR “international relations”)) AND (SUBJMAIN (331) OR SUBJMAIN (332))) AND (EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE, “ed”) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE , “no”) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE , “Undefined”) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE, “re”) OR EXCLUDE (DOCTYPE , “sh”)) AND (EXCLUDE (EXACTSRCTITLE, “Journal Of Urban History”) OR EXCLUDE (EXACTSRCTITLE, “Sociological Review”) OR EXCLUDE (EXACTSRCTITLE, “Social Psychology”) OR EXCLUDE (EXACTSRCTITLE, “Multidisciplinary Journal Of Educational Research”) OR EXCLUDE (EXACTSRCTITLE, “Social Anthropology ”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “French”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “Spanish”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “Portuguese”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “Italian”))*	457
5	Leitura e análise dos títulos e resumos dos 457 documentos da fase 4		355

Rank	Author, year	Title abrev.	Source title	norm. TC	TC	SJR 2020	Bourdieu’s references
1	( Peck and Theodore, 2019 )	Still Neoliberalism?	South Atlantic Quarterly	10,00	30	0,719	‘The Essence of Neoliberalism’. Le Monde Diplomatique , 1998.
2	( Massoc, 2020 )	Banks, Power, and Political Institutions	Business and Politics	7,14	6	0,668	The State Nobility . Cambridge: Polity Press,1996.
3	( Jensen and Hapal, 2018 )	Police Violence and Corruption in The Philippines	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	6,62	14	0,454	Outline of a Theory of Practice , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
4	( Lester and Hutchins, 2012 )	The Power of The Unseen	Media, Culture & Society	6,12	50	1,673	The political field, the social science field, and the journalistic field . Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005.
5	( Tang and Yang, 2011)	Symbolic Power and The Internet	Media, Culture & Society	5,74	60	1,673	Language and Symbolic Powe r. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.
6	( Htun, 2004)	From “Racial Democracy” To Affirmative Action	Latin American Research Review	5,65	199	0,489	‘ On the Cunning of Imperialist Reason’, Theory, Culture, and Society , 1999 (com L. Wacquant).
7	( Dryzek, 2001)	Legitimacy And Economy in Deliberative Democracy	Political Theory	4,98	272	0,478	The Field of Cultural Production . Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.
8	( Lord, 2013)	The Democratic Legitimacy of Codecision	Journal of European Public Policy	4,92	27	2,557	‘Rethinking the state: genesis and structure of the bureaucratic field’, Sociological Theory , 1994.
9	( Splichal, 2006)	In Search of a Strong European Public Sphere	Media, Culture & Society	4,85	53	1,673	‘ Public Opinion Does Not Exist’ in A. Mattelart and S. Siegelaub (eds.) Communication and Class Struggle , 1979.
10	( Schwartz, 2020)	Covering The Private Parts	West European Politics	4,76	4	2,242	The Social Structures of the Economy. London: Polity, 2005.
11	( Jabko and Sheingate, 2018)	Practices of Dynamic Order	Perspective on Politics	2,50	10	2,898	Outline of a Theory of Practice . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
12	( Krook and Sanín, 2016)	Gender and political violence in Latin America	Politica y Gobierno	3,33	20	0,322	Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.
13	( Howard, 2010)	Language, Signs, and the Performance of Power	Latin American Perspectives	2,42	29	0,651	Language and Symbolic Power . Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.
14	( Hirt, Sellar and Young, 2013 )	Neoliberal Doctrine Meets the Eastern Bloc	Europe-Asia Studies	2,78	25	0,670	Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of Market New York: The New Press, 1999. Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of Market 2. New York: New Press, 2003.
15	( Crompton, 2019)	Inside co-production	Social Policy & Administration	4,33	13	0,972	Outline of a theory of practice . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
16	( Tockman and Cameron, 2014)	Indigenous Autonomy and the Contradictions of Plurinationalism in Bolivia	Latin American Politics & Society	5,00	40	0,555	‘Social Space and Symbolic Power’. Sociological Theory , 1989.
17	( Cahill, 2013)	Ideas-Centred Explanations of the Rise of Neoliberalism	Australian Journal Politic Science	2,56	23	0,367	‘Neoliberalism, the Utopia (Becoming a Reality) of Unlimited Exploitation’. In: Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market. New York: New Press, 1999.
18	( Bergh and Erlingsson, 2009)	Liberalization without Retrenchment	Scandinavian Political Studies	4,31	56	0,650	Backfire: Against the Tyranny of the Market. New York: The New Press, 2003.
19	( Stehlin, 2014)	Regulating Inclusion	Mobilities	4,50	36	1,055	Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.
20	( Stevenson, Condor and Abell, 2007 )	The Minority-Majority Conundrum in Northern Ireland	Political Psychology	2,67	40	2,419	Language and symbolic power. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991.

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[TFN1] OBS.: Entre parêntesis, as datas de publicação dos livros em inglês e títulos e datas de publicação em francês, conforme Gorski (2013 , pp. 367; 368 Appendix 1; 2). Para o item 9, a data de publicação em português e em francês.

[2] Fonte: Elaboração nossa a partir de dados da Scopus (coleta em 20 julho 2021).