De-facing power /
"Clarissa Rile Hayward challenges the prevailing view which treats power as something powerful people have and use. Rather than seeing it as having a "face," she considers power as a complex network of social boundaries - norms, identities, institutions - which define both the field o...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Contemporary political theory
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| Acceso en línea: | Sample text Table of contents Publisher description |
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| Sumario: | "Clarissa Rile Hayward challenges the prevailing view which treats power as something powerful people have and use. Rather than seeing it as having a "face," she considers power as a complex network of social boundaries - norms, identities, institutions - which define both the field of action and the individual's freedom within it, for the "powerful" and "powerless" alike. Hayward suggests that the critical analysis of power relations should focus on the ways in which these relationships affect people's capacities to help shape the institutions and practices that govern their lives. Using a detailed comparative analysis of the relationships within two ethnically diverse educational settings - one in a low-income, predominantly African-American, urban school, the other in an affluent, predominantly white, suburban school - this book develops a compelling account of the concept of power in terms of networks of practices and relations."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | ix, 214 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521780799 9780521780797 0521785642 (pbk.) 9780521785648 (pbk.) |