Beyond The Power Mystique Power As Intersubjective Accomplishment - Robert Prus

Locating Power Within The Symbolic Interactionist Framework, This Book Permeates Much Of The Mystique Shrouding Power And Examines The Ways In Which Notions Of Power, Control, Influence And The Like Are Brought Into Human Existence. Despite The Considerable Attention Given To 'power' By Foundational Sources Such As Machiavelli, Hobbs, Weber, Durkheim, And Marx, And Those Social Theorists Who Have Built On Their Works, Surprisingly Little Attention Has Been Given To The Study Of Power As An Enacted Feature Of Community Life. Locating Power More Directly Within A Symbolic Interactionist Framework, Beyond The Power Mystique Not Only Enables Scholars To Permeate Much Of The Mystique Shrouding Power But, Explicitly Viewing Power As Intersubjective Accomplishment, The Material Presented Here Fosters A Research Agenda That Is Highly Attentive To The Collectively Articulated Aspects Of Power Relations.