Invisible Hand of Power

Anton N Oleinik is Associate Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where his research interests include institutional economics, political sociology, economic sociology, science studies and mixed research methods. He has published widely in Russian, French and English, with recent publications including Knowledge and Networking: On Communication in the Social Sciences (2014) and Market as a Weapon: the Socio-Economic Machinery of Dominance in Russia (2011).

• 1 Visible and Invisible Hands of Power: Theoretical Preliminaries 2 Domination by Virtue of a Constellation of Interests: Benefits of Gate Keeping 3 The 2008 Financial Crisis through the Lens of Power Relationships 4 Welcome to Russia: Benefits of Obedience 5 Access to Justice: The Rule of Lawyers 6 An Invisible Dimension of the Visible Hand: Entry Control in Internal Labour Markets 7 Quality Control as a Weapon: Gate Keeping in Peer Review Notes Works cited Index