Constitution of Power: A Theoretical Analysis of Power, Knowledge and Structure - Hardcover

"The constitution of power" is an excellent introduction to the analysis of social and political power and an original contribution to contemporary theory. Mark Haugaard discusses the relationship between power, structure and knowledge and offers vital insights into some of the core debates which have dominated contemporary social and political theory for the past 20 years. The first part includes an analysis of the work of Foucault, Giddens, Lukes and Barnes while the second part provides the reader with a clearly explained, logically coherent theory which makes sense of the subject as a whole. Power is discussed in relation to social knowledge, meaning, truth, domination and 'civilisation', autonomy and positivity.