Power: A Conceptual Analysis
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Power: A Conceptual Analysis

  1. 441 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Power: A Conceptual Analysis

About this book

Power is a central concept in the social sciences. This book presents a systematic and comprehensive analysis of this concept. By broadly defining power as the relative ability to affect or receive, it develops the concept in the categories of power structures, personal agency, the exercise of power over others, power effects, situations, fields, strategies, interactions, and scenarios, and collective agency. In developing these categories, the author combines insights from a wide range of social scientific fields including political science, sociology, psychology, economics, philosophy, history, management, organization studies, anthropology, and international relations. For each category a relevant practical case is presented, ranging from the image of personal agency that arises from Vladimir Putin's (auto-)biography to the collective agency constituted by the Internet. The book is of interest to those looking for a comprehensive treatise on the concept of power. [Subject: Politics, Public Administration, Sociology]

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1 Introduction
  5. 2 A systematic and holistic method for the conceptual analysis of power
  6. 3 The main categories of the concept of power
  7. 4 Powerstructures
  8. 5 Personal agency
  9. 6 The exercise of power over others
  10. 7 Powereffects
  11. 8 Situations, fields, strategies, interactions, and scenarios
  12. 9 Collective agency
  13. 10 International Relations
  14. References
  15. Index