Perspectives on Power: An Inter-Disciplinary Approach - Hardcover

Although `power' can appear a vague term, the dichotomy between haves and have-nots, the desire to gain autonomy, and the dire consequences of subjugation, are three issues that resound across the arts and social sciences. In this book, postgraduate students from the constituent disciplines use the freedom of their positions as early-career researchers to boldly explore power relations. From a legal perspective, papers are included geared towards human rights issues and violations. Further, the applied perspectives from business and education researchers consider how access to wealth and education, and to equal education, can and must be achieved. Then, interpreted through the perspectives of anthropological, sociological, and historical approaches, power has become a resonant issue among the creations of culture and human interaction(s). Finally, within the `soft' sciences, the very same preoccupations, as they appear in creative expression, are examined within literature and music. Indeed, through the twenty-one articles chosen for inclusion in this collection, distinct in their disciplinary origins, approaches and foci, together the authors are emphasising the many similarities that exist among the arts and social sciences subjects. `Perspectives on Power: An Interdisciplinary Approach' was conceived as a result of the quality and reception of papers presented at the 2008 Moving Forward Postgraduate Conference, held at the University of Aberdeen. The volume comprises twenty-one articles on the theme of `power', carefully chosen by the editorial team from in excess of eighty presentations. These represent and tender a wide range of scholarly approaches to and within the arts and social sciences; the remit of Moving Forward. The collection is aimed at scholars and scholarly institutions within the United Kingdom in particular, but contains contributions from scholars across the globe. The collection should especially appeal to and inspire delegates visiting the Moving Forward Postgraduate Conference in the years to come.

Heather M. Morgan is a Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant within the School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen. She was the co-ordinator of Moving Forward 2007-2009 and researches and publishes in the areas of gender and crime. She is a Member of the European Society of Criminology, Associate Researcher with The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and affiliated with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Jernej Letnar Cernic is a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute and a Senior Lawyer at the Law Institute in Ljubljana. He has published in Slovene, English and Swedish on human rights law, international law, European Law and human rights and business. Jernej is a member of the International Human Rights Committee of the International Law Association. Lindsay Milligan is a PhD student in Celtic at the University of Aberdeen, where she focuses on Language Planning for Gaelic in Scotland. She also works as a research assistant on the DYLAN Project on linguistic diversity in Europe with the Glasgow Caledonian University, which is an Integrated Project (Contract N Degrees 028702) funded under Framework Programme 6 (FP6) of the European Union.