This farreaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debatessurrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlined andits mai... » 

This farreaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debatessurrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlined andits main dimensions are explored through consideration of various facets command pressure constraint discipline protest and interpersonal power.The book examines both the theoretical debates that have arisen and the kindsof empirical materials relevant to them. Topics covered include the nature ofthe contemporary state global economic power world systems businessgovernance professional power social movements and family dynamics. Powerwill be an indispensable introduction for students and researchers insociology politics and the social sciences generally. «