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Power, luck and freedom : collected essays /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dowding, Keith M. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Haugaard, Mark (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Manchester Political Studies
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.