Power is arguably one of the key concepts within the social sciences. The SAGE Handbook of Power is the first touchstone for any student or researcher wishing to initiate themselves in the state of the art.

... 9781412934008 , $ 140.00 Remarkable for its findings and its implications , this book looks at the centrality of power ( which can be characterized as " power over , " " power to , " " power with " ) to life and at how people use or ...

Rethinking the Region argues that regions are not simply bounded spaces on a map. This book uses unique research of England during the 1980s to show how regions are made and unmade by social processes.

This book is required reading for graduate students and researchers in areas such as organizational, social and political theory.

The book marks an empirically and theoretically informed contribution to a world seemingly under constant microbiological threat, drawing together and extending empirically based geographical scholarship in human-environment relations, ...

This major book provides an up-to-date and state-of-the-art overview of the contemporary theory and practice of the most central concept in political science: power.

Drawing upon a range of political, economic and cultural illustrations, the book sets out a clear and accessible account of the topological workings of power in the contemporary moment.

Across seven key sections, the handbook explores the different ways in which neoliberalism has been understood and the key questions about the nature of neoliberalism: Part 1: Perspectives Part 2: Sources Part 3: Variations and Diffusions ...

This book scrutinizes Nordic - in particular Norwegian - working life and welfare states from the perspective of institutional change.