{"subjects": ["Power (Social sciences)", "Political science", "Authority", "Power (Philosophy)"], "key": "/works/OL18934700W", "title": "Power in contemporary politics", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL1101963A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [1431104, 1431102], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"Power in Contemporary Politics offers a current state-of-the-art overview of the theory and practice of the most central concept in political science, power.\" \"The book includes a general introduction that provides a trenchant, comprehensive analysis of the major themes and controversies about power in the social sciences literature. The authors develop the major analytical themes within a three-part framework: contemporary theories of power; modern practices at the local, national and international levels; and alternative interpretations of globalization that treat the paradoxes of the convergence and fragmentation of power arrangements in a globalizing world.\"--Jacket."}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-02-18T05:22:05.084517"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-29T19:13:20.227381"}}