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Power, Ideology, and Control

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  • © 1996

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  1. John C. Oliga

    1. University of Hull, Hull, UK

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Systems Thinking (CST)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      Pages 3-8

    3. Critical Systems Thinking and Critical Social Theory

      Pages 9-33

  4. Enlightenment and Empowerment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Power and Interests

      Pages 69-92

    3. Ideology

      Pages 93-117

  5. Transformation: Toward Individual Freedom and Happiness and Collective Autonomy and Responsibility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Control and Social Order

      Pages 121-143

    3. Control and Human Interests

      Pages 145-168

    4. Control, Constancy, and Change

      Pages 169-179

    5. Control and Strategic Ideologies

      Pages 181-198

    6. Critical Social Theory

      Pages 199-269

  6. Concluding Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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    2. Enlightenment, Empowerment, and Transformation of Societal Systems

      Pages 273-290
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About this book

One of the great challenges we face today is coming to grips with "forces of power/' in both theoretical and methodological terms, in a way that prepares us for action—action that is not totally subject to existing forces. The literature has some excellent theoretical accounts of power, but these say little about what we should do. Most often they are abstract and out of reach of all but a select few. In this book, however, we have a clear-cut account of power, ideology, and control that paves the way for practic- minded people to make a genuine attempt at tackling issues of power on both organizational and societal levels. John C. Oliga suggests a division between what he calls "objectivist," "subjectivist," and "relational" perspectives. With objectivism, he refers to theories that focus on power as capacities located in social structures. These tend to be either synergistic (e.g., Parsonian collective) or conflictual (e.g., Marxian conflictual view) theoretical orientations. With subjectivism he discusses theories that focus on power possessed by agents. With rela­ tional approaches he places theories that conceive power as a property of interaction among social forces.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Hull, Hull, UK

    John C. Oliga

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power, Ideology, and Control

  • Authors: John C. Oliga

  • Series Title: Contemporary Systems Thinking

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b102385

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45160-7Published: 31 March 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8569-2Published: 23 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-35130-8Published: 20 August 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2846

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 322

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, Political Science, Sociology, general

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