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The Four Dimensions of Power: Understanding Domination, Empowerment and Democracy

The Four Dimensions of Power: Understanding Domination, Empowerment and Democracy

Haugaard, Mark

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Series: Social and Political Power

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 1526110369
ISBN13: 9781526110367
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Jan 1 2025
Pages: 248
Language: English

In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment. Building upon the perspectives of Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Hannah Arendt, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu and others, he offers a clear theoretical framework, delineating power in four interrelated dimensions.

The first and second dimensions of power entail two different types of social conflict. The third dimension concerns tacit knowledge, uses of truth and reification. Drawing upon genealogical theory and accounts of slavery as social death, the fourth dimension of power concerns the power to create social subjects. The book concludes with an original normative pragmatist power-based account of democracy.

Offering lucid and entertaining illustrations of complex theoretical perspectives, this book is essential reading for scholars and activists.

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