"Power and the Social looks at the different ways power has been theorised and at the ways in which the theories have been applied. It provides an account of power and power relations within key areas of concern, including race, gender, and class."
"By bringing together theory and substantive analysis, Power and the Social provides a clear and imaginative account of power and power relations and will prove an invaluable text for students."@en
"Power and the Social looks at the different ways power has been theorised and at the ways in which the theories have been applied. It provides an account of power and power relations within key areas of concern, including race, gender and class."
"Power and the Social looks at the different ways power has been theorised from Hobbes to Giddens and at the ways in which the theories have been applied. By bringing together theory and substantive analysis, this invaluable introductory text provides a clear and imaginative account of power and power relations. Within key areas of sociological concern, including race, gender, class, sexuality, the spatial and visual, the processes and structures of power are analysed as well as the way power functions in everyday life."

Power and the social