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Showing papers in "Journal of political power in 2021"


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Joseph S. Nye1
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of soft power was first published in 1990 and the authors describe their approach to power; explain the origins of the soft power; and explain the power paradigm.
Abstract: In this paper, I respond to the editors request that I look back on the concept of soft power that I first published in 1990 I describe my approach to power; explain the origins of the soft power

61 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-theoretical framework for studying power in processes of change and innovation is proposed, where power is one of the most contested concepts in social and political theory.
Abstract: This paper proposes a meta-theoretical framework for studying power in processes of change and innovation. Power is one of the most contested concepts in social and political theory. This paper dis...

51 citations


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Abstract: This text focuses on the mentalities and technologies of power employed by the Norwegian government as it attempts to control the Covid-19 pandemic. Utilizing governmentality studies and a Foucauld...

17 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors theorize the four dimensions of power, which build upon the work of Dahl, Lukes, Foucault, Bourdieu, and Giddens.
Abstract: This article theorizes the four dimensions of power, which builds upon the work of Dahl, Lukes, Foucault, Bourdieu, and Giddens, among others. The four dimensions correspond to four aspects of soci...

16 citations


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TL;DR: The authors reviewed longstanding debates about the relationship between power over and power to, often posed as the tension between domination and emancipation, and then turned to several framework-based approaches to understand the relationship.
Abstract: This article reviews longstanding debates about the relationship between power over and power to – often posed as the tension between domination and emancipation. It then turns to several framework...

10 citations


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TL;DR: The study of international relations theory has been dominated since the study of IR formally began at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1919 by the presumption that world politics is at its core a syste...
Abstract: International Relations theory has been dominated since the study of IR formally began at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1919 by the presumption that world politics is at its core a syste...

10 citations


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TL;DR: The dominant framings by which public inquiries understand and analyse power dynamics in the events they examine are discussed in this paper. But the Saville Inquiry did not consider the role of race relations in the killing of 13 people.
Abstract: What are the dominant framings by which public inquiries understand and analyze power dynamics in the events they examine? We draw on unique data from the Saville Inquiry into the killing of 13 peo...

9 citations


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TL;DR: The authors traces how the major paradigms in international relations have viewed power over the past 40 years and argues that theorizing in the 1970s began a bifurcation that served to split the...
Abstract: This article traces how the major paradigms in international relations have viewed power over the past 40 years. It argues that theorizing in the 1970s began a bifurcation that served to split the ...

8 citations


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TL;DR: The distinction between the notions of power-over, power-to and power-with is gaining prominence in contemporary literature on power as mentioned in this paper, and recent contributions to the study of power wil...
Abstract: The distinction between the notions of power-over, power-to and power-with is gaining prominence in contemporary literature on power. In this article, recent contributions to the study of power wil...

8 citations


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TL;DR: The authors examines how academic populists address this apparent contradiction by construing "the people" and "the elite" to further enhance their own political persona, thus that it further enhances their political persona.
Abstract: Whether we define populism as an ideology, an aesthetic style, or a political strategy, populism is directed against a perceived elite and academic expertise. Yet we have seen several cases of academics who have adopted a populist style in their political careers: Pim Fortuyn (The Netherlands), Pablo Iglesias (Spain), Bernd Lucke (Germany), Christoph Morgeli (Switzerland), and Yanis Varoufakis (Greece). This article examines how these academic populists address this apparent contradiction by construing ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’, thus that it furthers their own political persona.

7 citations


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TL;DR: Organised violence has shaped much of human history and has created the world that we inhabit today as discussed by the authors, and wars and revolutions have forged the internal configurations and external borders of contemporar...
Abstract: Organised violence has shaped much of human history and has created the world that we inhabit today. Wars and revolutions have forged the internal configurations and external borders of contemporar...

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TL;DR: A new, expanded edition of Dowding's Rational Choice & Political Power (PC&PP) provides an opportunity to examine the uses of game theoretic models in political inquiry.
Abstract: A new, expanded edition of Keith Dowding’s Rational Choice & Political Power (PC&PP) provides an opportunity to examine the uses of game theoretic models in political inquiry. Specifically, it rais...

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Steven Lukes1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Dowding appeals to luck; I claim that it is likely to be power, not luck, that makes those subject to domination seem to acquiesce.
Abstract: Addressing why those subject to domination seem to acquiesce willingly, Dowding and I disagree. Dowding appeals to luck; I claim it is likely to be power. Dowding’s view, at its strongest, views po...


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TL;DR: The summer of 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of what has become known as the "power group", more formally known as International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Comm...
Abstract: The summer of 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of what has become known as the ‘power group,’ more formally known as International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Comm...

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TL;DR: In 2020, a pandemic caused by a new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2, which spread from Hubei province in China, some commentators initially responded to it by suggesting that it...
Abstract: In 2020, a pandemic caused by a new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2, threw the world into disarray. Spreading from Hubei province in China, some commentators initially responded to it by suggesting that it ...

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TL;DR: After decades of consistent refusal to curb international tax evasion, the US Biden administration has recently proposed an international scheme for taxing the world's largest transnational companies as discussed by the authors, which is the first step towards tax reform.
Abstract: After decades of consistent refusal to curb international tax evasion, the US Biden administration has recently proposed an international scheme for taxing the world’s largest transnational compani...

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TL;DR: This paper developed an account of deliberative persuasion leveraging "reliability conditions" distinguishing persuasion from manipulation, and the central idea is that proper reasons offered for deli-gate decisions should be given.
Abstract: Dowding has developed an account of deliberative persuasion leveraging ‘reliability conditions’ distinguishing persuasion from manipulation. The central idea is that proper reasons offered for deli...

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TL;DR: This paper focused on aspects of the face-of-power debate that have been overlooked, misinterpreted, forgotten, and/or overlooked by the mainstream media, focusing on the faces of power debate.
Abstract: The phrase ‘faces of power’ grows out of the ‘community power debate’ several decades ago. This essay focuses on aspects of the debate that have been overlooked, misinterpreted, forgotten, and/or w...

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TL;DR: The major problems for complex multi-dimensional social science concepts is incoherence as discussed by the authors, often hidden by the fact that they are also vague, and precisifying can demonstrate we have incomp...
Abstract: The major problems for complex multi-dimensional social science concepts is incoherence, often hidden by the fact that they are also vague. Analytically, precisifying can demonstrate we have incomp...

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TL;DR: The implications of Dowding's position for the understanding of the concept of power are investigated, the relation between power and power-resources is discussed, and reasons in favor of conceptual definition are provided.
Abstract: Dowding’s new edition of RCPP includes an original reflection on the task of conceptual analysis, where he argues against the need to provide a formal definition of power. In doing so, he endorses ...

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors make the case that publicity matters because it brings together people and brings them together in a common cause, and why it is beneficial for democratic politics. But they also challenge the deliberative view of publicity's democratic value.
Abstract: Why does publicity matter for democratic politics? This article challenges the deliberative view of publicity’s democratic value, making the case that publicity matters because it brings together p...

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TL;DR: In the form of an interview between two colleagues, the authors explores 50 years of power theorizing by Stewart Clegg, from his early doctoral days to the present day, and explores the origins of his approach to power theory.
Abstract: In the form of an interview between two colleagues, this paper explores 50 years of power theorizing by Stewart Clegg, from his early doctoral days to the present day. The origins of his approach t...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how powerlessness depends upon collective action problems, the nature of systematized systems, and the role of collective action in political power in rational choice and political power.
Abstract: This paper responds to commentators on the reissue of Keith Dowding, Rational Choice and Political Power. I discuss how powerlessness depends upon collective action problems, the nature of systemat...

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TL;DR: The literature on power is something of a wormhole between the worlds of political philosophy and political science as discussed by the authors, and it ranges over empirical strategies for measuring power through to the debate su...
Abstract: The literature on power is something of a wormhole between the worlds of political philosophy and political science. It ranges over empirical strategies for measuring power through to the debate su...


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine power relationships among actors in a local housing development project in Khutsong township, South Africa, and apply the four-dimensional (4D) model to the case study.
Abstract: This study entails an examination of power relationships amongst actors in a local housing development project, in Khutsong township, South Africa. In this case study we apply the four-dimensional ...

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Steven Lukes1
TL;DR: The power debate as mentioned in this paper raises hard questions to which the recent "domination debate" among philosophers embracing neorepublicanism contributes Concerning agents and structures, the neore publican focus
Abstract: The ‘power debate’ raises hard questions to which the recent ‘domination debate’ among philosophers embracing neorepublicanism contributes Concerning agents and structures, the neorepublican focus

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TL;DR: The violent conflicts in Israel/Palestine or the continuous animosities in the Balkans, where competing histories of old discords are constantly mobilized to escalate tensions in the present.
Abstract: Memories of old discords are constantly mobilized to escalate tensions in the present. The violent conflicts in Israel/Palestine or the continuous animosities in the Balkans, where competing histor...

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TL;DR: In this article, Stone begins her book Being born: Birth and philosophy with this seemingly trivial statement: ‘All human beings begin life by being born, and all human beings die.
Abstract: ‘All human beings begin life by being born, and all human beings die’ – with this seemingly trivial statement Alison Stone begins her book Being born: Birth and philosophy. Birth and death, natalit...