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The political economy of destructive power / Mehrdad Vahabi

Vahabi, Mehrdad, 1959- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2004

Online-Ressource

Englisch

Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Three types of power; Chapter 2: The meaning of destructive power; Chapter 3: The social nature of destructive power; Chapter 4: The value of destructive power; Chapter 5: Sources of destructive power; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Three types of powerDefinitions of creative, destructive and moral powerThe separation of the three types of power as a historical processThe embeddedness of the three types of powerThe meaning of destructive powerDestructive power and moralist theoryExogenous and endogenous destructive powersIndividual and social self-destructive behaviourDestructive power and conflict theoryDestructive power and political violenceDestructive power and voice versus exit paradigmThe social nature of destructive powerDestructive power and social orderDestructive power and the enforcement of rulesDestructive power and the change of rulesDestructive power and communicationDestructive power: public or private goodThe value of destructive powerThe specificity of the value of destructive power compared to creative powerTwo different functions of destructive powerThe value of destructive power in its appropriative functionThe value of destructive power in its rule-producing functionSources of destructive powerEconomic determinism and primacy of creative powerTechnology of destructionCommercialization and industrialization of destructive powerInternal cohesion or assabiyaLegitimacy and social alliancesOrganizationEntrepreneurship.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index. - Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004

978-1-84542-172-4 ( : electronic bk.); 1-84542-172-8 (electronic bk.)

1-84376-898-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

801227518

OCoLC: 645595816     

OCoLC: 57241744 (aus SWB)     

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