How power corrupts
Subtitle: cognition and democracy in institutions
By: Ricardo Blaug.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780230218543
Subjects: Power (Social sciences); Corruption; Organizational behavior; Democracy
Description: "This is an interdisciplinary study of the actual mechanisms by which power corrupts. It pursues a cross-fertilization between political theory, organizational studies and cognitive science. In particular, it introduces advances in the field of cognitive psychology, which it uses to examine the effects of institutionalized power on how we think"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Corruption, Power and Democracy * Psychologies of Power * Individual Cognition * Organisational Knowledge * Democracy and Power in Organisations * Conclusion .