Is it time sociology started researching incompetence? (Record no. 134338)

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International Standard Serial Number 1468-4446
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Personal name Chattoe-Brown, Edmund
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Title Is it time sociology started researching incompetence?
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The British Journal of Sociology
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
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Extent 219-231
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Abstract There appears to be a mismatch between apparent incompetence in the world and the amount of sociological research it attracts. The aim of this article is to outline a sociology of incompetence and justify its value. I begin by defining incompetence as unsatisfactory performance relative to standards. Incompetence is thus intrinsically sociological in being negotiated and socially (re)constituted. The next section foregrounds how widespread and serious incompetence is. This renders effective sociological understanding crucial to welfare. The article then systematically analyses uses of the term in the British Journal of Sociology (a good quality general journal) to assess the current state of research. This analysis fully confirms the neglect of incompetence as a research topic. The next section proposes suitable methods for preliminary incompetence research addressing distinctive challenges like the stigma of being incompetent. These sections then allow incompetence to be better contextualised by other contributing concepts like power, bureaucracy and meritocracy. The final section justifies suggestions about directions for future research.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Incompetence
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Performance Standards
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Power
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Secrecy
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Spoiled Identity
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Harm Reduction
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.13077">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.13077</a>
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Koha biblionumber 134338
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