De-Facing Power

Klappentext In this major contribution to the power debate, Clarissa Rile Hayward challenges the prevailing view which treats power as something powerful people have and use. Rather than seeing it as having a 'face', she considers power as a complex network of social boundaries - norms, identities, institutions - which define both the field of action and the individual's freedom within it, for the 'powerful' and 'powerless' alike. Hayward suggests that the critical analysis of power relations should focus on the ways these relationships affect people's capacities to help shape the institutions and practices which govern their lives. Using a detailed comparative analysis of the relationships within two ethnically diverse educational settings - one in a low-income, predominantly African-American, urban school, the other in an affluent, predominantly white, suburban school - this book develops a compelling account of the concept of power in terms of networks of practices and relations. Zusammenfassung In this major contribution to the power debate! the author argues for a sophisticated view of power as a complex network of social boundaries! rather than simply an instrument used by the powerful. Her argument is supported by a study of relationships within two ethnically-diverse schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. De-facing power; 3. Power and pedagogy; 4. 'The environment' and the North End community school; 5. The 'world' of Fair View; 6. Power and freedom.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hayward Clarissa Rile, Clarissa Rile Hayward, Clarissa Rile (Ohio State University) Hayward, Hayward Clarissa Rile
• Con la collaborazione di: Ian Shapiro (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.09.2000
• EAN: 9780521780797
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78079-7
• Pagine: 226
• Serie: Contemporary Political Theory; Contemporary Political Theory
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Political science & theory, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology