Hegemony and Power: Consensus and Coercion in Contemporary Politics

Mark Haugaard; Howard H. Lentner

doi:10.5771/9780739155882

Summary

This book provides the first systematic examination of the relationship of hegemony and power. Nine essays delve into the diverse analytical aspects of the two concepts, and an introduction and conclusion by the editors, respectively, forge a synthesis of their theoretical coherence. Hegemony has long existed as a term in political science, international relations, and social theory, but its meaning varies across these fields. While each has developed its own 'local' language games for treating the idea, they all conceptualize hegemony as a form of power. Building on the recent rigorous exposition of power, this book subjects hegemony to a clarifying debate. In doing so, it advances the power debate. Components of the literature assume a relationship between power and hegemony, but no previous work has performed a concentrated and consistent analytical examination of them until now.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2006
Copyright Year: 2006
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-1502-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-5588-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 255
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1 Conceptual Confrontation Mark Haugaard No access
1. 2 State and Society: The Concept of Hegemony in Gramsci Benedetto Fontana No access
2. 3 Power and Hegemony in Social Theory Mark Haugaard No access
1. 4 Dilemmas of Operationalizing Hegemony Philip G. Cerny No access
2. 5 Hegemony and Power in International Politics Howard H. Lentner No access
3. 6 Mars and Venus in the Atlantic Community: Power Dynamics Under Hegemony Henri Goverde No access
1. 7 Providing Security: White Western Feminists' Protecting "Other" Women Elina Penttinen No access
2. 8 A Critical Naturalist Approach to Power and Hegemony: Analyzing Giving Practices Tomohisa Hattori No access
3. 9 Does Power Have a Place? Hegemony, Antagonism, and Radical Politics Saul Newman No access
4. 10 Hegemony and the Power to Act Kevin Ryan No access
1. 11 Dynamics and Complexity in Politics Howard H. Lentner No access
References No access Pages 219 - 236
Index No access Pages 237 - 252
About the Contributors No access Pages 253 - 255