A range of socio-economic dislocations have spawned renewed interest in the capitalist system and its critiques. Within these trends, the politics of international trade has often been a flashpoint for civil society organisations (CSOs) concerned with social justice. This paper uncovers a neglected feature of this landscape: how, since the 1980s, certain CSOs have shifted from being ‘radical outsiders’ to ‘reformist insiders’ to protest the design and purpose of global trade. We know why CSOs have criticised the political economy of trade, but less about how they have historically struggled to gain admission into this policy milieu; their internal strategising and tensions; and what makes for effective protest. To understand such experimentation, this paper argues that literature on professionalisation offers a valuable lens for exploring the relationship between expertise and power. Dovetailing with other research in IPS, it adapts Bourdieu's comparatively underused concept of scientific capital to explicate how certain, prized dispositional qualities were acquired and practiced for the purpose of registering policy impact. This argument is developed through the case of Oxfam. When viewed historically, the paper suggests that a professionalised, activist subjectivity has emerged within certain CSOs, defined here under a new ideal-type notion of the ‘critical technician’.

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专业化抗议：科学资本和贸易政治倡导

一系列的社会经济混乱引发了人们对资本主义制度及其批评的重新关注。在这些趋势中，国际贸易的政治常成为关注社会正义的民间社会组织（CSO）的亮点。本文揭示了这种情况的一个被忽视的特征：自1980年代以来，某些公民社会组织如何从“激进的局外人”转变为“改革派的内部人”，以抗议全球贸易的设计和目的。我们知道，民间组织为何批评贸易的政治经济学，而很少了解它们在历史上如何努力争取被接纳为这一政策环境。他们的内部策略和紧张关系；以及导致有效抗议的原因。要了解这样的实验，本文认为，关于专业化的文献为探讨专业知识与权力之间的关系提供了宝贵的视角。它与IPS中的其他研究相吻合，它采用了布迪厄（Bourdieu）相对未得到充分利用的科学资本概念，以说明如何获得和实践某些确定的，有价值的处置品质，以记录政策影响。这个论点是通过乐施会的案例发展起来的。从历史的角度来看，该论文表明，某些公民社会组织内部已经出现了一种专业化的，积极的主观性，这在“理想技术人员”的新理想类型概念下进行了定义。为了记录政策影响，获得并实践了宝贵的处置素质。这个论点是通过乐施会的案例发展起来的。从历史的角度来看，该论文表明，某些公民社会组织内部已经出现了一种专业化的，积极的主观性，这在“理想技术人员”的新理想类型概念下进行了定义。为了记录政策影响，获得并实践了宝贵的处置素质。这个论点是通过乐施会的案例发展起来的。从历史的角度来看，该论文表明，某些公民社会组织内部已经出现了一种专业化的，积极的主观性，这在“理想技术人员”的新理想类型概念下进行了定义。