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Steven Lukes' Power: A Radical View is a seminal work still widely used some 30 years after publication. The second edition includes the complete original text alongside two major new essays. One assesses the main debates about how to conceptualize and study power, including the influential contributions of Michel Foucault. The other reconsiders Steven Lukes' own views in light of these debates and of criticisms of his original argument. With a new introduction and bibliographical essay, this book will consolidate its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory.
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POWER A RADICAL VIEW SECOND EDITION Steven Lukes POWER POWER A RADICAL VIEW SECOND EDITION STEVEN LUKES Published in association with the British Sociological Association First edition (Chapter 1) & Steven Lukes 1974, 2005 Second edition & Steven Lukes 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1974 Second expanded edition published 2005 by Palgrave Macmillan Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New Y ork, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan$ is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–42091–8 hardback ISBN 0–333–42092–6 paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 09 08 07 06 05 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Creative Print & Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale To my father and Nita CONTENTS viii Acknowledgements Introduction 1 1 Power: A Radical View 14 2 Power, Freedom and Reason 60 3 Three-Dimensional Power 108 Notes 152 Guide to Further Reading 163 References 169 Index 188 vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply grateful to the following persons for taking the trouble to comment on whatever I showed them among the arguments set out here: Vivek Chibber, Jerry (G.A.) Cohen, Stan Cohen, Suzanne Fry, David Garland, Ian Hacking, Russell Hardin, Colin Hay, Clarissa Hayward, Jennifer Heerwig, Stephen Holmes, Steven Loyal, Katha Pollitt, Adam Przeworski, John Roemer and Gail Super. I also want to thank my publisher Steven Kennedy for not taking no for an answer and for not accepting ¢nal versions as ¢nal. viii INTRODUCTION Thirty years ago I published a small book entitled Power: A Radical View (hereafter PRV ). It was a contribution to an ongoing debate, mainly among American political scientists and sociologists, about an interesting question