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Encyclopedia of Power
Author(s): Keith Dowding
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 24 Mar. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 784 pages
- ISBN-10: 141292748X
- ISBN-13: 9781412927482
Book Description
With comprehensive coverage of the use of power in the social sciences, the encyclopedia serves as a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex ways in which power has been used. It also provides a reference for debates central to the issues of power in different contexts and for related topics, showing how these disparate topics are related to power.
Key Themes
– Biography
– Concepts Related to Power
– Decisions and Game Theory
– Institutional Issues
– International Relations
– Interpersonal Relationships
– Intrapersonal Matters
– Key Debates
– Methodological Issues
– Political Science
– Political Theory
– Social Psychology
– Social Theory
– Theories of Power
– Types of Power
– Urban Studies
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This set offers a distinctive interdisciplinary analysis of the concept of power and will prove a valuable addition for academic collections.”
— Samantha Schmehl Hines ― Library Journal
“As it stands now, it is a fine work and one I personally would love to own for desk-based research. The biographical entries (on active figures such as Dahl and Morriss and indeed Dowding himself) are objective and historiographically informative, the technical material (e.g. on game theory) is non-patronizing and authoritatively presented, the debates really are of current interest, the mix of soft with hard (or qualitative and quantitative) good, and the overall reach and level of analysis of the entries intellectually and professionally sound.”
— Stuart Hannabuss ― Social Sciences Published On: 2012-10-15
About the Author
Keith Dowding is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy, School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He published over ninety articles in major journals and more then fifty chapters in books, on comparative politics, public administration and public policy, philosophy and methods of political science and political philosophy and on various topics in political philosophy. He has published over twenty books, most recently It’s the Government’s Fault, Stupid, (2020), a new edition of Rational Choice and Political Power (2019), Economic Perspectives on Government (with Brad Taylor) (2019), Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays, (2017), Policy Agendas in Australia (with Aaron Martin) (2017) The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science (2016). He edited the Journal of Theoretical Politics 1996-2013.
