H2020Индивидуална стипендия2018–2020

SurvCom · Surveilling Communities: Public office holders and popular control in Southern Europe (13th-15th century)

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2018-10-01 → 2020-09-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 195 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Местните общности в Южна Европа между XIII и XV век са изследвани чрез начина, по който са контролирали работата на държавните служители. Това помага да се разбере как е повлияло участието на хората върху прехода от феодализъм към абсолютизъм.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Surveilling Communities: Public office holders and popular control in Southern Europe (13th-15th century)

The overall objective of SurvCom was to analyse the participation of local communities in holding public officers accountable in late medieval southern Europe. This analysis aimed to answer three fundamental questions. 1. Were local medieval communities effectively empowered by their participation in officers’ accountability? 2. If so what was their resulting input in the designing and shaping of the incipient states? 3. How did their engagement in controlling officeholders relate to the longue durée shift in the relationship between governors and governed in the transition from feudal to absolutist societies? While officers’ accountability appears modern, past societies had their own systems for local communities to engage in politics and even in procedures to control public office holders. Most European regions experienced a major socio-political transformation in the 13th century, with significant expansions in the number and range of officers. This increase was accompanied by varied attempts to implement accountability procedures in order to evaluate whether officers were executing their duties properly. SurvCom has offered a comparative analysis of territories from Castile, the south of France and the north of Italy and an emphasis on a perspective ‘from below’. The action has provided evidence that the people’s involvement in accountability procedures was crucial for the fundamental shift in the relationship between governors and governed from the 13th to the end of the 15th century. By taking communities’ participation and surveillance as the main heuristic tool, SurvCom has brought new academic perspectives to contemporary debates about state-building from below, corruption studies and officers’ accountability itself. Through its dissemination activities, the project enriched our understanding of the links between corruption, government accountability and the participation of civil society, issues that are fundamental for the understanding of European and world politics, and to encourage popular control as a central democratic act.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

While officers’ accountability appears modern, past societies had their own systems for local communities to engage in politics and even in procedures to control public office holders. Most European regions experienced a major socio-political transformation in the 13th century, with significant expansions in the number and range of officers nominated by central powers (e.g. the king) to represent them, govern and execute justice. This increase was accompanied by varied attempts to implement accountability procedures in order to evaluate whether officers were executing their duties properly.The overall objective of SurvCom is to analyse the participation of local communities in holding public officers accountable in late medieval southern Europe. This analysis will answer three fundamental questions that correspond to the specific objectives of the project. 1. Were local medieval communities effectively empowered by their participation in officers’ accountability? 2. What was their resulting input in the designing and shaping of the incipient states? 3. How did their engagement in controlling office-holders relate to the longue durée shift in the relationship between governors and governed in the transition from feudal to absolutist societies?SurvCom focuses on a comparative analysis of territories from Castile, the south of France and the north of Italy and draws on interdisciplinary perspectives. Firstly, it uses Surveillance Studies, an emerging field analysing how surveillance practices work and their role in shaping current and past societies. Secondly, SurvCom uses Gender Studies to address informal relations and provide a means to integrate women’s agency in the interaction with officers and central powers. SurvCom will bring new perspectives to debates about statebuilding from below, corruption studies and officers’ accountability and will transfer knowledge regarding historical experiences on governance and surveillance from below (sousveillance).

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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