Hegemony and Power

Consensus and Coercion in Contemporary Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

This book provides the first systematic examination of the relationship of hegemony and power. Nine essays delve into the diverse analytical aspects of the two concepts, and an introduction and conclusion by the editors, respectively, forge a synthesis of their theoretical coherence. Hegemony has long existed as a term in political science, international relations, and social theory, but its meaning varies across these fields. While each has developed its own 'local' language games for treating the idea, they all conceptualize hegemony as a form of power. Building on the recent rigorous exposition of power, this book subjects hegemony to a clarifying debate. In doing so, it advances the power debate. Components of the literature assume a relationship between power and hegemony, but no previous work has performed a concentrated and consistent analytical examination of them until now.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-07-24
Mått:159 x 236 x 24 mm
Vikt:531 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739115022

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Mark Haugaard is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at NUI, Galway.Howard H. Lentner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at City University of New York.

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Hegemony, as the book establishes, is one of the most widely used concepts in the social sciences. It is also one of the most diffusely specified, not only by different disciplinary approaches but also different traditions within and amongst them: from Gramsci the concept has been widely used by neo-Marxists, international relations, social and political scientists, cultural studies, and so on; it has been subject to substantial revisions from Laclau and Mouffe onwards, and it remains central to any understanding of power in the contemporary world. Hegemony and Power provides a masterly key to understanding diverse applications of these absolutely central concepts.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Conceptual ConfrontationPart 2 Theoretical Bases of Hegemony and PowerChapter 3 State and Society: The Concept of Hegemony in GramsciChapter 4 Power and Hegemony in Social TheoryPart 5 Hegemony and Power in International Relations and Political LifeChapter 6 Dilemmas of Operationalizing HegemonyChapter 7 Hegemony and Power in International PoliticsChapter 8 Mars and Venus in the Atlantic Community: Power Dynamics Under HegemonyPart 9 Postmodern and Feminist Appraches to Hegemony and PowerChapter 10 Providing Security: White Western Feminists Protecting "Other" WomenChapter 11 A Critical Naturalist Approach to Power and Hegemony: Analyzing Giving PracticesChapter 12 Does Power Have a Place? Hegemony, Antagonisms, and Radical PoliticsChapter 13 Hegemony and the Power to ActPart 14 ConclusionChapter 15 Dynamics and Complexity in Politics