Category: Board Member’s Bulletin

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…

“On the 28th November 2017 at 6pm Dr. Christopher Wylde will be launching his new book Emerging Markets and the State in the Court Room at Senate House, University of London. Registration is free at: Link The book: Link

RC 35 (ISA research committee on Conceptual Analysis) is soliciting papers for a session on “The Many Faces of Power: A Current Conceptual Synthesis” at the 19th World Congress of the International Sociological Association in Toronto, Canada to be held July 15-21. For more information, see links below. RC 35 Link ISA World Congress 2018

We have dates for Pavia Interim Conference. We will meet in Pavia for the interim conference on the Power of Narrative on May 30,31 2017. The deadline for proposals is November 15, 2016. Please go to the link Pavia Conference Information

Alina Vladimirova is organizing a panel of RC 36 at the Russian International Studies Association targeting Russian speaking power specialists. Details of the panel will follow. RISA

Dear RC 36 Members, In case you are at APSA and missed this, there is a Power panel on Saturday. We hope you can attend. See below for information ***** Social Transformations and the Changing Faces of Power Saturday, September 3, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Marriott, Room 409 Related Group Panel, International Political Science Association Research Committee No. 36, Political Power Co-sponsor: IPSA Research Committee 1 (Concepts and Methods) Panel abstract Political power can take many forms, shaped by—and shaping—wider social transformations. Since 1648 we have become accustomed to associating power with the consolidation of state institutions and identities, but diverse…

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Dear RC 36 Members There is an update on the interim conference in 2017 in Pavia. Please go to the link on our webpage.

Dear RC 36 members. As usual we are invited to present a panel at APSA. Plans are underway for next year in 2017 in San Francisco. We are proposing a panel called Legitimacy as Power Abstract: All authority requires some legitimacy to rule without excessive force. This panel explores the power that legitimacy lends to authority in its many manifestations. The objective of this panel will be to try and look at the legitimacy of authority from a multidisciplinary perspective. Please send proposals to Mathilde Chatin mathilde.chatin@gmail.com Sincerely Giulio Gallarotti 2017 APSA AM Theme Statement