The SAGE Handbook of Power

Power is arguably one of the key concepts within the social sciences. The SAGE Handbook of Power is the first touchstone for any student or researcher wishing to initiate themselves in the state of the art. Internationally acclaimed, Stewart R Clegg and Mark Haugaard have joined forces to select a collection of papers written by scholars with global reputations for excellence. These papers bridge different conceptual and theoretical positions and draw on many disciplines, including politics, sociology and cultural studies. The sweep and richness of the resulting handbook will help readers contextualise and grow their understanding of this dynamic and important subject area.

Table of Contents:
′Power to′ versus ′Power over′ in Consensual, Functionalist and Conflict Theory PART ONE: FRAMING THE FIELD ′Power to′ and ′Power over′ - Gerhard Göhler Rational-Choice Perspectives - Keith Dowding Liberal Theories - Peter Morriss Democratic Theories - Charles Tilly Power and Structuration Theory - Rob Stones Power and Discourse: Towards an Anti-Foundationalist Concept of Power - Jacob Torfing Actor-Network Theory - Rolland Munro Power, Efficacy and Resources: Perspectives from Anthropology - Richard Jenkins Powerful Geographies: Spatial Shifts in the Architecture of Globalization - John Allen PART TWO: POWER AND RELATED ANALYTIC CONCEPTS Three Conceptions of the Relationship between Power and Liberty - Mitchell Dean Power and Identity - Nigel Rapport Culture and Power - Fredrik Engelstad Hegemony and Power - Mark Haugaard Legitimacy and Power - Raymond Daniel Gordon Collective Violence and Power - Siniša Maleševi? PART THREE: POWER AND SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES Gender and Power - Amy Allen Managing Power in Organizations: The Hidden History of Its Constitution - Stewart Clegg Cultures of Resistance in the Workplace - David Courpasson and Françoise Dany Power and Exclusion - Kevin Ryan State and Power - Robert Jessop International Relations and Power - Phillip G Cerny PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Conversations in Conclusion - Stewart Clegg and Mark Haugaard

About the Author :
Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney. 

Review :
′This edited book by Stewart Clegg and Mark Haugaard, with twenty essay contributions from international scholars, is not a conventional easy reader but a handbook that offers many thought-provoking views of power...It traverses an enormous intellectual territory... and addresses many of the complex issues surrounding the visible, less visible and hidden aspects of power...The essays go way beyond superficial normative ideas of power into the strategic clarification of existing debates and new and challanging propositions surrounding power′ Judy Johnston Faculty of Business, University of Technology Sydney "Remarkable for its findings and its implications, this book looks at the centrality of power (which can be characterized as ′power over′, ′power to,′ ′power with′) to life and at how people use or surrender to power." "I recommend it most strongly and think that it will be very useful indeed. A great addition to the literature."