Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994 to 2007, Jonathan Powell, recounts the inside story of that period - drawing on his own unpublished diaries. Taking the lessons Machiavelli recorded in his political masterpiece The Prince, Jonathan Powell shows how they can still apply toda…
Anthony Sampson, exasperated by the lack of democracy and accountability in Blair's Britain, examines power today and finds it increasingly centralised in Downing Street, which has never been more distant from parliament - or closer to big business. Sampson is impatient with abu…
by Lotringer, Sylvère, BAUDRILLARD, Jean
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Twenty years after his death, interest continues to grow in the work of Michel Foucault. Curiously, despite that much of his writing speaks directly to the subject of psychology, the discipline has yet to absorb the full impact of his work. "Foucauldian Analytics and Psychology"…
Hegel's conception of civil society endorses a market economy and adheres firmly to a liberal outlook. But his conception of the state culminates in an authoritarian prince who acts as protector of the constitution. However, the tensions and contradictions that plague Hegel's li…
Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people s…
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This text explores American democracy using well-developed stories and highlighting debates that have shaped the country's politics. It views aspects of government and politics through the four theoretical perspectives of Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Lincoln.
Power is a key issue across all aspects of social life. This text provides a clear introduction to the topic, anchoring abstract ideas in real social and historical contexts. Spanning theorists from Machiavelli to Bourdieu, the text unravels complex concepts to carefully show th…
