Rational Choice and Political Power
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 2019
256 pages
978-1-5292-0635-7 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring a substantial new introduction and two new chapters in the Postscript, this new edition makes one of the most significant works on power available in paperback and online for the first time. The author extensively engages with a body of new literature to elucidate and expand upon the original work, using rational choice theory to provide:
* An examination of how, due to the collective action problem, groups can be powerless despite not facing any resistance
* Timely engagement with feminist accounts of power
* An explanation of the relationship of structure and agency and how to measure power comparatively across societies
This book's unique interaction with both classical and contemporary debates makes it an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying power in the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, politics or international relations.
* An examination of how, due to the collective action problem, groups can be powerless despite not facing any resistance
* Timely engagement with feminist accounts of power
* An explanation of the relationship of structure and agency and how to measure power comparatively across societies
This book's unique interaction with both classical and contemporary debates makes it an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying power in the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, politics or international relations.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
2 Illustrations, black and white
File size
0,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-0635-7 (9781529206357)
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Keith Dowding
Rational Choice and Political Power
Book
07/2019
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€35.20
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Person
Keith Dowding is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy in the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University.
Content
Introduction to the New Edition
Part I. THE ORIGINAL TEXT
1. Introduction
2. Rational Choice and a Theory of Action
3. Preferences and Objective Interests
4. Political Power and Bargaining Theory
5. Collective Action and Dimensions of Power
6. State Power Structures
7. Preference Formation, Social Location and Ideology
8. Conclusions
Part II. POSTSCRIPT
9. Some Further Thoughts on Power
10. The Nature of the Exercise
Part I. THE ORIGINAL TEXT
1. Introduction
2. Rational Choice and a Theory of Action
3. Preferences and Objective Interests
4. Political Power and Bargaining Theory
5. Collective Action and Dimensions of Power
6. State Power Structures
7. Preference Formation, Social Location and Ideology
8. Conclusions
Part II. POSTSCRIPT
9. Some Further Thoughts on Power
10. The Nature of the Exercise
