People, Power and Politics

People, Power and Politics
Author: John C. Donovan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822630258

'First-rate . . .The text has a little for everyone and could suit the political ideas people, the humanists, and the behavioralists. And there is enough of a nuts and bolts approach to this book to satisfy those who want students to come away from the course as 'master mechanics' of political dilemmas.'-David W. Dent, Towson State University

Power, Politics, and Paranoia

Power, Politics, and Paranoia
Author: Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139952447

Powerful societal leaders - such as politicians and Chief Executives - are frequently met with substantial distrust by the public. But why are people so suspicious of their leaders? One possibility is that 'power corrupts', and therefore people are right in their reservations. Indeed, there are numerous examples of unethical leadership, even at the highest level, as the Watergate and Enron scandals clearly illustrate. Another possibility is that people are unjustifiably paranoid, as underscored by some of the rather far-fetched conspiracy theories that are endorsed by a surprisingly large portion of citizens. Are societal power holders more likely than the average citizen to display unethical behaviour? How do people generally think and feel about politicians? How do paranoia and conspiracy beliefs about societal power holders originate? In this book, prominent scholars address these intriguing questions and illuminate the many facets of the relations between power, politics and paranoia.

Power, Politics, and Society

Power, Politics, and Society
Author: Betty A Dobratz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317345290

Power, Politics & Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology discusses how sociologists have organized the study of politics into conceptual frameworks, and how each of these frameworks foster a sociological perspective on power and politics in society. This includes discussing how these frameworks can be applied to understanding current issues and other "real life" aspects of politics. The authors connect with students by engaging them in activities where they complete their own applications of theory, hypothesis testing, and forms of inquiry.

Power, Politics, and People

Power, Politics, and People
Author: Charles Wright Mills
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 678
Release: 1963
Genre: History
ISBN:

Collects the major writings of the distinguished sociologist concerned with the relation of power to responsibility in the twentieth century.

The Politics of Truth

The Politics of Truth
Author: Charles Wright Mills
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2008-09-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0195343050

C. Wright Mills was a radical public intellectual, a tough-talking, motorcycle-riding anarchist from Texas who taught sociology at Columbia University. Mills's three most influential books--The Power Elite, White Collar, and The Sociological Imagination--were originally published by OUP and are considered classics. The first collection of his writings to be published since 1963, The Politics of Truth contains 23 out-of-print and hard-to-find writings which show his growth from academic sociologist to an intellectual maestro in command of a mature style, a dissenter who sought to inspire the public to oppose the drift toward permanent war. Given the political deceptions of recent years, Mills's truth-telling is more relevant than ever. Seminal papers including "Letter to the New Left" appear alongside lesser known meditations such as "Are We Losing Our Sense of Belonging?" John Summers provides fresh insights in his introduction, which gives an overview of Mills's life and career. Summers has also written annotations that establish each piece's context and has drawn up a comprehensive bibliography of Mills's published and unpublished writings.

Power, Politics and Influence at Work

Power, Politics and Influence at Work
Author: Tony Dundon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2020-08-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781526146410

This book explores how power operates in workplace settings at local, national and transnational levels. It argues that how people are valued in and out of work is a political dynamic, which reflects and shapes how societies treat their citizens. Offering vital resources for activists and students on labour rights, employment issues and trade unions, this book argues that the influence workers can exert is changing dramatically and future challenges for change can be positive and progressive.

The People

The People
Author: Margaret Canovan
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2005-09-16
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780745628219

This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of popular sovereignty, the idea of the people has been neglected by political theorists who have been deterred by its vagueness. Margaret Canovan argues that it deserves serious analysis, and that it's many ambiguities point to unresolved political issues. The book begins by charting the conflicting meanings of the people, especially in Anglo-American usage, and traces the concept's development from the ancient populus Romanus to the present day. The book's main purpose is, however, to analyse the political issues signalled by the people's ambiguities. In the remaining chapters, Margaret Canovan considers their theoretical and practical aspects: Where are the people's boundaries? Is people equivalent to nation, and how is it related to humanity - people in general? Populists aim to 'give power back to the people'; how is populism related to democracy? How can the sovereign people be an immortal collective body, but at the same time be us as individuals? Can we ever see that sovereign people in action? Political myths surround the figure of the people and help to explain its influence; should the people itself be regarded as fictional? This original and accessible study sheds a fresh light on debates about popular sovereignty, and will be an important resource for students and scholars of political theory.

Power, Politics, and People

Power, Politics, and People
Author: Dr. Digvijay Pandya
Publisher: Emerald Publishers
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2023-02-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9392188846

This academic edited volume aims to bring together the different perspectives on power, politics, and their impact on people. The world of the marginalised, oppressed, and voiceless is constantly under pressure from dominating power structures that construct and exploit ideologies based on their desires for the continuous exercise of authority, power, and wealth. The state's imposed supremacy through its ideological and repressive apparatuses, the tactical implementation of political agendas, the patriarchal exhibition of masculinity, cultural predominance, religious fundamentalism, the politics of caste oppression and discrimination, racial and ethnic intolerance, imperial invasion and intrusion, corporate capitalism, violence and terrorism, exploitation and privileged access to hierarchical elite levels, and the manifestation of interpersonal, institutional, and internalised levels of oppression that occur with it highlights the expression of the use of power as a coercive tool against the individuality and social co-existence of people. Recent global and regional issues point to the predictable or unanticipated outcome of creating uncertainty, crisis, and ambiguous anxiety regarding the meaning(s) and perspectives of life.