Essays on Evolutions in the Study of Political Power

ISBN-13: 9781032060880 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Giulio M. Gallarotti

Opis

This book deals with the most important developments in the study of political power over the last four decades. This will be a major contribution in the understanding of the concepts and practices of how power manifests itself across every social and political context.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.