Beyond the Power Mystique
Subtitle: Power As Intersubjective Accomplishment
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780791440704
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology - General; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Power (Social sciences); Symbolic interactionism
Description: Despite the considerable attention given to 'power' by foundational sources such as Machiavelli, Hobbs, Weber, Durkheim, and Marx, and those social theorists who have built on their works, surprisingly little attention has been given to the study of power as an enacted feature of community life.

Locating power more directly within a symbolic interactionist framework, Beyond the Power Mystique not only enables scholars to permeate much of the mystique shrouding power but, explicitly viewing power as intersubjective accomplishment, the material presented here fosters a research agenda that is highly attentive to the collectively articulated aspects of power relations.