Power and its consequences
a rational perspective
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Author
Publication
1998 - University Press of America, Lanham, Md, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
54,250 words, Guess
Page Count
217 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL369541M
- ISBN-100761812288
- OCLC Control Number39477862
- OCLC Control Numberpoweritsconseque0000vive
- Library of Congress Control Number98030201
and 1 more
- Goodreads1285044
Classifications
- DDC303.3
- LCCJC330 .V585 1998
Description
*Power and Its Consequences* examines the exercise of power and its empirical consequences short of any ideological bias in part to account for the increasing "liberalization" occurring in modern industrial societies such as the United States. The author presents an overall framework describing how societies are put together, including the presence or absence of power and authority, and applies it to many popular questions addressing changing social acceptance, such as with the death penalty and suicide. He describes the pattern of evolution to a more liberal social atmosphere in societies by evaluating the rise and accumulation of power which precedes the relaxation of certain controls over life, death, and sexual behavior following a period of restrictive attitudes as a reaction to a consolidation of secure power and authority, not a greater amount of freedom for the general population.
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