Essays on Evolutions in the Study of Political Power

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-06091-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book deals with the most important developments in the study of political power over the last four decades. From the writings of the great Greek philosophers of antiquity to the present, the idea of power has been the major subject in the study of politics. Indeed, some would say it defines the very field of politics itself as a social science.

Penned by the leading scholars in the field, this collection gives a broad overview of the most important issues in the study of political power, tracing the evolution of scholarly thinking about them and in doing so revealing crucial innovations therein. This will be a major contribution in the understanding of the concepts and practices of how power manifests itself across social and political contexts.

This book will be of great interest to scholars, students and individuals who wish to understand the very foundations of social and political life.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Political Power, volume 14, issue 1 (2021).

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallarotti, Giulio M

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The more things change, the more they…: the changing faces of power 1979-2019 1. Power: ambiguous not vague 2. Tales of power 3. The new concepts of power? Power-over, power-to and power-with 4. Conceptual analysis of power: basic trends 5. The faces of power revisited 6. Power and domination 7. Linking the prepositions: using power analysis to inform strategies for social action 8. An application of the four-dimensional model of power: the case of Khutsong 9. The four dimensions of power: conflict and democracy 10. Why does publicity matter? Power, not deliberation 11. Soft power: the evolution of a concept 12. The changing? Face of power in international relations, 1979-2019 13. Heterarchy: Toward Paradigm Shift in World Politics

Über Autor(innen)

Giulio M. Gallarotti is Professor in the Department of Government at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, New York, USA.