The SAGE Handbook of Power

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4462-7045-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 864 g

Power is arguably one of the key concepts within the social sciences. The SAGE Handbook of Power is the first touchstone for any student or researcher wishing to initiate themselves in the state of the art.

Internationally acclaimed, Stewart R Clegg and Mark Haugaard have joined forces to select a collection of papers written by scholars with global reputations for excellence. These papers bridge different conceptual and theoretical positions and draw on many disciplines, including politics, sociology and cultural studies. The sweep and richness of the resulting handbook will help readers contextualise and grow their understanding of this dynamic and important subject area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clegg, Stewart R.

Haugaard, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

'Power to' versus 'Power over' in Consensual, Functionalist and Conflict Theory
PART ONE: FRAMING THE FIELD
'Power to' and 'Power over' - Gerhard Göhler
Rational-Choice Perspectives - Keith Dowding
Liberal Theories - Peter Morriss
Democratic Theories - Charles Tilly
Power and Structuration Theory - Rob Stones
Power and Discourse: Towards an Anti-Foundationalist Concept of Power - Jacob Torfing
Actor-Network Theory - Rolland Munro
Power, Efficacy and Resources: Perspectives from Anthropology - Richard Jenkins
Powerful Geographies: Spatial Shifts in the Architecture of Globalization - John Allen
PART TWO: POWER AND RELATED ANALYTIC CONCEPTS
Three Conceptions of the Relationship between Power and Liberty - Mitchell Dean
Power and Identity - Nigel Rapport
Culture and Power - Fredrik Engelstad
Hegemony and Power - Mark Haugaard
Legitimacy and Power - Raymond Daniel Gordon
Collective Violence and Power - Siniša Maleševi?
PART THREE: POWER AND SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Gender and Power - Amy Allen
Managing Power in Organizations: The Hidden History of Its Constitution - Stewart Clegg
Cultures of Resistance in the Workplace - David Courpasson and Françoise Dany
Power and Exclusion - Kevin Ryan
State and Power - Robert Jessop
International Relations and Power - Phillip G Cerny
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Conversations in Conclusion - Stewart Clegg and Mark Haugaard

Über Autor(innen)

Clegg, Stewart R.
Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney.

Stewart Clegg is a prolific publisher of several hundred articles in leading academic journals in strategy, social science, management and organization theory; is also the author and editor of about fifty books, as well as a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the recipient of significant awards from the American Academy of Management for his contributions to management theory and practice.