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Interim Conference in Pavia (May 30 and 31) – schedule available on the website

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RC 36 Interim Conference “Power of Narrative” at the University of Pavia, Italy – May 30 and 31, 2017 The schedule is now available on the website. https://powerstudies.org/rc36-interim-meeting-pavia-2017/schedule-of-events/   Overview MAY 30 9:30-12:30 Authority and World Politics 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 17:00 Legitimacy and Authority 19:30 Dinner MAY 31 9:30-12:30 Liberalism, Crisis and the Market Society 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-17:00 Organisations, Social Movements and Empowerment 19:30 Dinner

Call for Panels for Research Committees, IPSA International Conference: Political Science in the Digital Age: Mapping Opportunities, Perils and Uncertainties

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Call for Panels for Research Committees IPSA International Conference Political Science in the Digital Age: Mapping Opportunities, Perils and Uncertainties December 4-6 2017 Hannover, Germany Program Chairs: Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner The International Political Science Association (IPSA) is organizing an international conference that will be held on 4-6 December 2017 in Hannover, Germany. Chaired by Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner, the conference will take place in Hannover’s spectacular Palace of Herrenhausen, surrounded by gardens that date back to the Baroque period. You can find more information on the event website https://hannover2017.ipsa.org/ The conference, entitled “Political Science in the Digital…

Power, luck and freedom (Collected essays) by Keith Dowding

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POWER, LUCK AND FREEDOM (COLLECTED ESSAYS) BY KEITH DOWDING Recently published by Manchester University Press LINK http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526104564/ DESCRIPTION This book presents thirteen essays from a leading contemporary political scientist, with a substantial introduction bringing together the themes. The topics covered include political and social power, freedom, choice, rights, responsibility, the author’s unique account of luck and systematic luck and the nature of leadership. There are also discussions of conceptual analysis, the structure-agency debate, luck egalitarianism, Sen’s liberal paradox, problems in the measurement of freedom and choice and the differences between instrumental and intrinsic accounts of the value of freedom and related concepts. The…

Special Issue of the Journal of Political Power on The Soft Power of the BRICS: some of the contents available online

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The BRICS and soft power: an introduction http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232284 Do the BRICS possess soft power?http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232285 Brazil: analysis of a rising soft power http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232286 The soft power of popular cinema – the case of India http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232288 South Africa’s soft power conundrum: how to win friends and influence people in Africa http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232290 Compound soft power: the BRICS and the multilateralization of soft power http://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232292 See Facebook Page also Facebook RC 36

RC 36 Panel at APSA Saturday Sept 3 at 4 pm

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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…