Author: Giulio Gallarotti

The background picture is Varsi in the Apennines in Italy. I was born in that valley.

Special Issue of the Journal of Political Power on Soft Power

The Journal of Political Power has just published a special issue on Soft Power. Online link to the journal is: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpow21/current   Here is the Table of Contents   Journal of Politcal Power Volume 15 Number 3, October 2022   Special Issue: Esteem and Influence: Soft Power and International Politics. Guest Editor: Giulio M. Gallarotti Editorial383 Esteem and influence: soft power in international politicsGiulio M. Gallarotti Articles397 The crisis of American soft powerDavid W. Kearn 415 The Smithsonian’s soft power: how foreigners engage the US national museumIrene S. Wu 437 Soft power’s dark sideRenée Marlin-Bennett 456 From circulating liberalism to tech nationalism:…

APSA ’23 Panel on Power, Information and Disinformation

Dear Power GroupPanel title: Power, Information and Disinformation We are seeking paper proposals on the theme of Power, Information and Disinformation for the meeting of APSA Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2023.   In the digital age when information and disinformation have impacted on the daily lives of billions across the globe, power over information has become a principal issue. We seek papers that explore the issue of power over information. Please email your queries to Giulio Gallarotti at ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu or Alina Vladimirova at alina.v.vladimirova@gmail.com

IPSA RC 36 Interim Conference Call

The power group of IPSA RC 36 is planning a VIRTUAL interim conference this year. It is planned for November 19,20 of this year. Please read the conference call below. If you are interest in attending or submitting a paper, please follow the instructions below. I look forward to hearing from you. Giulio Gallarotti Chair, IPSA RC 36 Theme for IPSA RC 36 Interim Conference, November 19-20, 2022 Power and Crisis Virtual Power has been studied in many contexts. One especially interesting context would be how power manifests itself in crisis. What power dynamics reveal themselves when people are faced…

Announcing new Editor

Giulio M Gallarotti will be the new editor of the book series Social and Political Power published by Manchester University Press. We thank former editor Mark Haugaard for an exceptional job in producing a series of excellent manuscripts on the study of power. If you or a scholar you know is writing a promising manuscript on the study of power and would like us to consider it for the series, please contact Giulio at gmg2165@columbia.edu Here is a link to the series   https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/social-and-political-power/           h

Special Issue of the Journal of Political Power on Changing Faces of Power, 1979-2019

The Journal of Political Power (2021 Vol 14 No. 1) will publish a special issue on Changing Faces of Power, 1979-2019. The papers come from a conference in Moscow in May of 2019 celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Power Group, IPSA RC 36. The collection features the leading thinkers on the subject of political power over the past 40 years talking about the study of political power over those decades.   Table of Contents Giulio M. Gallarotti, The More Things Change, the More They…: The Changing Faces of Power 1979-2019  Keith Dowding, Power: Ambiguous Not Vague Stewart Clegg and…

Mark Haugaard New Book on Power

Dear Members of the Power Group   Our board member and former chair of RC 36 has published an exciting new book about power and democracy. The four dimensions of power Understanding domination, empowerment and democracy By Mark Haugaard   Please visit the link of the press below for more details on the book   Here is a description of the book: This book explains the nature and workings of social and political power, including domination and empowerment. It represents a sophisticated new framework of contemporary perspectives upon power, including: Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Clarissa Hayward and Pierre…