The four dimensions of power : understanding domination, empowerment and democracy /

In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Mark Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment. Building upon the perspectives of Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Hannah Arendt, Anthony Giddens, Pierre B...

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Autore principale: Haugaard, Mark, 1961-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Serie:Social and political power.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21996509
Sommario:
  • Introduction: the concept of political power
  • Part 1: The four dimensions of power
  • 1: Levels of conflict and consent: power-over, power-to and power-with
  • 2. The first dimension of power: agency
  • 3. The second dimension of power: structure
  • 4. The third dimension of power: epistemology
  • 5. The fourth dimension of power: ontology
  • part 2. Power and the social world
  • 6. Authority: the performative nature of power
  • 7. Emotion and ritual: the "irrational" aspects of power
  • 8. God: reification, Truth and emotion
  • 9. Political power and violence: reflections on historical trends
  • part 3
  • 10. Conclusions: empirical and normative theoretical reflections.