På sporet af magten
(Tracking the power concept)

På sporet af magten edited by Peter Munk Christiansen & Lise Togeby was published in July 2003.

232 p., DKK 228.00.
Order at Aarhus University Press: www.unipress.dk or +45 8942 5370
 

Power has quite naturally been a central concept in the Democracy and Power Study. It is also one of the most debated concepts in social sciences. The theoretic literature on the meaning and use of power is enormous. The Democracy and Power Study has not settled on one specific definition of the power concept – on the contrary, we find that it is an advantage to include different approaches to describe and measure power. This book reflects the broad range in power concepts.

 

The book is based on the assumption that a fruitful theory development must be closely linked with empirical research. Therefore, it discusses theoretic considerations that have arisen in connection with attempts to describe power relations in the Danish society as well as actual definitions and applications of power in some of the Democracy and Power Study projects. The theoretic inspirations are many and varied – from Robert A. Dahl to Michel Foucault. The question in each case is how the theoretic considerations have been translated into practical research. 

 


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