The Use and Abuse of Power
Subtitle: Multiple Perspectives on the Causes of Corruption
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: January 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781841690223
Subjects: Social research & statistics; Social, group or collective psychology; Sociology - General; Psychology (Specific Aspects); Social Psychology; Psychology; Group Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology; Influence (Psychology); Control (Psychology)
First sentence: The Hobbesian (1968) assumption that we are programmed by our desires, and by our dependence on other people to satisfy these desires, provides an important perspective for understanding the use of power.