THE META-POWER PARADIGM by Tom R. Burns (Editor), Peter M. Hall (Editor) ( 9783631616383 )

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Title:

THE META-POWER PARADIGM
IMPACTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF AGENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS-- CAPITALISM, STATE, AND DEMOCRACY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

By:

Tom R. Burns (Editor), Peter M. Hall (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£81.55
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ISBN 10:

3631616384

ISBN 13:

9783631616383

Publisher:

PETER LANG AG

Pub. date:

10 January, 2013

Pages:

554

Description:

This work presents, elaborates, and illustrates what is arguably the most important concept in the social sciences: power. It presents numerous illustrations and case studies at local, meso, and macro levels, showing how meta-powering is mobilized and operates in different contexts.

Synopsis:

This work presents, elaborates, and illustrates what is arguably the most important concept in the social sciences: power. It focuses particularly on a major class of power phenomena, meta-power, that is, power over power, transformative and structuring power. This encompasses powers to establish, reform, and transform social systems (institutions, power hierarchies, cultural formations, and socio-technical and infrastructural systems). Understanding meta-power is essential to the effective analysis of the formation of societal structures, their dynamics and evolution. This collection presents numerous illustrations and case studies at local, meso, and macro levels, showing how meta-powering is mobilized and operates in different contexts. The book should be of particular interest to business and management researchers, anthropologists, historians, legal scholars, political scientists, and, of course, sociologists.

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Peter Lang AG

Returns:

Returnable

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