Power
Key Concepts
1. Edition November 2001
192 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This far-reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of
the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept
of power is outlined, and its main dimensions are explored through
consideration of various facets - command, pressure,
constraint, discipline, protest, and interpersonal power. The book
examines both the theoretical debates that have arisen and the
kinds of empirical materials relevant to them.
Topics covered include the nature of the contemporary state,
global economic power, world systems, business governance,
professional power, social movements, and family dynamics.
Power will be an indispensable introduction for students
and researchers in sociology, politics, and the social sciences
generally.
2. Command and Sovereign Power.
3. Pressure and Policy Formation.
4. Constraint and Hegemony.
5. Discipline and Expertise.
6. Protest and Collective Mobilisation.
7. Interpersonal Power.
8. Coda.
Acknowledgements.
Notes.
Index.
analysis of social power in its diverse forms and their embodiment
in both hierarchical social institutions and interpersonal
relations' Dennis Wrong, Professor Emeritus, New York
University
'Using some simple but robust analytical distinctions,
Professor Scott neatly and lucidly surveys alternative approaches
to studying power and thereby illuminates various patterns of
domination and of resistance in contemporary societies, focusing on
the political and economic spheres.' Steven Lukes, London School
of Economics
