ISBN:
9781526104571
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1526104571
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9781526104557
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1526104555
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
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illustrations (black and white)
Series Statement:
Manchester Political Studies
Uniform Title:
E@ssays
Parallel Title:
Print version
DDC:
303.3
Keywords:
Liberty Political aspects
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Power (Social sciences)
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Liberty Political aspects
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Liberty Political aspects
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Power (Social sciences)
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Political science and theory
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Liberty ; Political aspects
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Power (Social sciences)
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Society & Social Sciences ; Politics & government ; Comparative politics
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Keith Dowding is a major figure in relation to debates on power and highly influential in the fields of political theory and political science. Power luck and freedom is a collection of his essays and articles, that provide a significant reference point for the field of power analysis
Note:
Introduction: power, luck and freedom Part I: Power 1. Why should we care about the definition of power? 2. Agency and structure: interpreting power relationships 3. Rational choice and community power structures 4. Power, capability and ableness: the fallacy of the vehicle fallacy Part II: Luck 5. Resources, power and systematic luck: a response to Barry 6. Shaping future luck 7. Luck, equality and responsibility 8. Luck and leadership Part III: Freedom 9. Choice: its increase and its value 10. The value of choice in public policy 11. Republican freedom, rights and the coalition problem 12. The construction of rights 13. Social choice and the grammar of rights and freedoms Index. - CIP data; item not viewed
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