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Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»

Программа дисциплины «POLITICAL POWER: THEORETICAL DISCOURSE AND RESEARCH MOD-

ELS» для магистерской программы «Комплексный социальный анализ» направления 39.04.01 «Социоло-

гия» подготовки магистра

Government of the Russian Federation

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education

National Research University

“Higher School of Economics”

Faculty of social sciences

Department of Sociology

Course syllabus

POLITICAL POWER: THEORETICAL DISCOUSE AND

RFESEARCH MODELS

For the Master’s Degree Program “Complex social analysis” 39.04.01

Author: Valeri Ledyaev, PhD (Government),

Professor, Department of Sociology [email protected]

Approved at the meeting of the School of Sociology «___»____________ 20 г

Head of the School Prof. Alexander Chepurenko

Recommended by the Academic Council

of the Master’s Degree Program ”Sociology” «___»____________ 20 г

Head: [ ] ________________________

Approved «___»____________ 20 г

Head of the School: Prof. Alexander Chepurenko_________________

Registered by the Academic Council

of the Faculty of social sciences «___»_____________20 г.

Academic secretary________________________

Moscow, 2017

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Программа дисциплины «POLITICAL POWER: THEORETICAL DISCOURSE AND RESEARCH

MODELS» для направления 39.04.01 «Социология» подготовки магистра магистерской программы «Ком-

плексный социальный анализ»

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1. Course Description

a. POLITICAL POWER: THEORETICAL DISCOUSE AND RFESEARCH MODELS

b. Prerequisites

Students are supposed to be familiar with World Intellectual history or History of

Western Philosophy, and English for academic writing. c. Course Type: elective

d. Abstract

The course aims to give students basic knowledge of political power and the way it is studied in

contemporary political science and sociology. The course is intended to build up a critical awareness

of the different approaches to the study of power, and the difficulties in explaining political events

through an examination of various forms and manifestations of political power. The course will help

students to form their analytical skills, abilities to define and operationalise social concepts, prepare

research programs and instruments for the empirical study of power and political influence.

The course consists of three main parts: 1) conceptual analysis of power and its forms (meth-

odology and principles for conceptualizing political concepts; basic problems in defining power; logic

of the conceptual analysis of power; basic views on power; forms, bases and uses of power; indicators

of political power); 2) main theories of political power (Marxist and neo-Marxist explanations of the

distribution of power in modern societies; classical and modern pluralism; corporatism; classical and

modern elitism; the basis of the convergence and remaining differences); 3) research models and main

outcomes of empirical studies of political power in regions and local communities (early community

power studies in US in 1930-1940; classical community power studies (F. Hunter, R. Dahl); positional,

reputational, decisional and network approaches in the study of power; contemporary models of com-

munity power (“growth machines” and “political regimes”); power structure and regimes in Russian

cities and regions).

2. Learning Objectives

The course seeks to develop the students’ abilities in the four main areas: (1) a conceptual anal-

ysis of “power” and other terms of political discourse; (2) different theoretical perspectives in the

study of political power; (3) research methods used in empirical studies of political power; (4) a com-

parison of power structures in different societies and communities. By the end of the course the stu-

dents will have learned about the nature of political power, its basic forms, bases and uses; strengths

and weaknesses of major theoretical approaches and research methods used in the study of power.

3. Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the students will have learned about (1) political power, its basic

forms, bases and uses; (2) main theoretical perspectives on power; (3) research methods used in the

study of power; (4) some forms and manifestations of political power in Russia. The course explains

and emphasizes interrelations between conceptual analysis, theoretical explanations and the outcomes

of empirical studies of political power.

The course develops the following competences

Competences

NRU-HSE Code Descriptors-the learning

outcomes (the indicators

of achievement)

Forms and methods of

studies that contribute to

the development of a

competence

The ability to critically

analyze the main meth-

SK-M1 Students should be able

to find a correct method

Group discussions, read-

ings, class and home






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ods of scientific inquiry

and their applications

of studying political and

social phenomena

assignments, preparing

Power Point presenta-

tions

The ability to introduce

new concepts and meth-

ods and apply them in

the professional activity

SK-M2 Students should be able

to develop their own

conceptual schemes and

research models

Readings, class and

home assignments,

group discussions

To be able to formulate

aims and purposes of

fundamental and practi-

cally oriented sociologi-

cal research and solve

them using contempo-

rary research methods

(Russian and foreign)

and technology.

PC3 Students should be able

to put forward research

questions and hypothe-

ses; choose correct

methods of data collec-

tion and data analysis





tions

To be able to speak for-

eign language fluently

PC8 Students should be able

to ask questions, take

part in discussions, ful-

fill home assignments

and make presentations





tions

To be able to follow pro-

fessional ethical stand-

ards and principles of

social responsibility

PC 21 Students are expected to

avoid plagiarism and

unfair behavior. Stu-

dents will follow the eth-

ical standards of the pro-

fession in using formal

citation format in their

writing.





tions

4. Course Plan

Teaching hours for topics and activities:

Themes Classes

Lectures Seminars

1. Basic views on power 4 6

2. Modern theories of political power 6 6

3. Community power studies 4 6

Total 14 18

1. Basic views on power.

The nature of conceptual debates on power. Basic problems in defining power. Actual/potential

problem. Dispositional vs episodic conceptions of power. “The rule of anticipated reactions”. Outcome

of power. “Power to”, “power over”, “power with”. Power and luck. Power and conflict. Asymmetry

and balance in power relations. Power and interests. Agency, structure and power. Principles and logic

of the conceptual analysis of power.

Two traditions in defining power. Hobbes’ conception of power. Weber on power and authori-

ty. Behaviouralist view on power. Power as a special case of the exercise of influence (H. Lasswell).

Dahl’s “intuitive” definition of power (A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do some-

thing that B would not otherwise do”). Debates over “faces of power”. (P. Bachrach and M. Baratz, S.






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Lukes). Modern contributions to the conceptual analysis of power (P. Blau, S. Clegg, T. Wartenberg.

P. Morriss, G. Debnam, K. Dowding). The alternative tradition in conceptualizing power (T. Parsons,

H. Arend, J. Habermas). M. Foucault on power.

Forms of power. Individual and collective power. Force, coercion, inducement, persuasion,

manipulation, authority. Power and authority. Power and domination. Power and empowernment.

2. Modern theories of political power

“Political power” as subcategory of “power”. Forms of political power. State power. Political

coercion. Political authority. Political influence. Political manipulation. Resources of political power.

Political mobilisation. The assessment of political influence. Who governs? Who benefits? Who sits?

Who shines? Who exercises control over ideas? Who determines political agenda? Political power and

political institutions. Basic political institutions.

Marxist and Neo-Marxist theories of political power. Classical Marxism. Evolution of Marx’

explanation of political power. State as an instrument of the dominant class. Relative autonomy of the

state. “Functionalist” model of the state in capitalist society. Neo-Marxism (A. Gramsci, L. Althusser,

N. Poulantzas). Instrumentalist interpretation of the state in capitalist society (R. Miliband). “State in

capitalist society”. Structuralist interpretation of state as a capitalist state (N. Poulanzas, C. Offe). “A

capitalist state”. Strategic-relational approach (B. Jessop). Tripartite typology of “levels of power”

(R. Alford and R. Friedland). “Situational power”, “institutional power”, “systemic power”, their man-

ifestations and interrelation (E.O. Wright). Class interpretations of domination in the USSR and mod-

ern Russia. Relevance of Marxist explanations of political power to modern Russian politics.

Elitism. Classical elitism. (W. Pareto, G. Mosca, R. Michels). Democratic elitism (M. Weber,

J. Schumpeter, J. Higley). Ch.W. Mills “The Power Elite”. Institutional elitism (T. Dye). Non-Marxist

class-domination theories of power (W. Domhoff). Corporatism and neo-corporatism (Ph. Schmitter).

Elitism in Russia (O. Gaman-Golutvina, O. Krystanovskaya).

Pluralism. Classical pluralism (A. Bentley, D. Truman, D. Riesman). Absence of power elite in

modern democracies. Institutional pluralism (R. Dahl, G. Sartory, N. Polsby). Society is a struggle of

competing groups within an arena refereed by the state. Polyarchy. Multiply memberships. Conflicting

allegiances to diverse groups. Multiply sources of power. Non-cumulative resources of power. The

separation of economic from political power. “Competitive equilibrium”. The neutrality of the state.

Separation of governmental power: plurality of competing governmental agencies, divisions and

branches, existence of political parties Absence of dominant ideology. Modern pluralism. Hyperplural-

ism (T. Lowi, D. Yates). Stratified pluralism (Truman II, R. Dahl, R. Waste). Privatized pluralism

(G. McConnell, R. Bauer). Reformed pluralism (J. Richardson, A. Jordan). Neo-pluralism

(Ch. Lindblom). Consociationalism (A. Lijphart). Relevance of pluralist explanations to modern Rus-

sian politics. The convergence between theoretical perspectives on power.

3. Community power studies

Distribution of political power in cities, towns and communities as a subject of study in political

science and sociology. Early empirical studies of power in local communities (R. and H. Lynd,

W. Warner, A. Hollingshead). Floyd Hunter’s study of Atlanta. Reputational method. The structure of

power in Atlanta: polity-makers and policy-executors. Indicators of elite’s unity. Wealth as the main

resource of power. Informal mechanisms of power. Criticism of the elitist methods of studying power in

communities (R. Dahl, N. Polsby). Robert Dahl’s study of New Haven. Decision-making approach.

Pluralist patterns of power in New Haven. Indicators of pluralism. Absence of the ruling elite.

Specialisation of influence in major institutional sectors. G.W. Domhoff vs R. Dahl. Network analysis as

a method of studying power. Synthetic approaches to the study of power in communities (R. Presthus,

R. Agger, D. Goldrich, B. Swanson). The community power continuum. Diversity of urban regimes and

types of power structure in communities. Variables in community decision-making (T.N. Clark).

International comparative studies (D. Miller). Multidimensional conceptions of power in community






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power studies. Matthew Crenson’s study of the pollution issue. Manifestations of non-decisionmaking in

community power. John Gaventa’s test of three-dimensional power in Appalachia.

Modern power studies in American and European communities. Political economy of “place”.

“Growth machines” thesis (H. Molotch, J. Logan). “Rentiers” and other key actors in urban growth

coalitions. “Regime theory” (S. Alkin, C. Stone). Clarence Stone’s study of regime in Atlanta. Building

regimes and collective action problem. Urban regime and governance. Types of urban regimes. Criticism

of political economic approaches. Urban political regimes in European cities. Relevance of machine and

regime models for the study of urban and regional politics in Russia.

Russian region as a subject of study in political science and sociology. Empirical studies of re-

gional elites (V. Gel’man, N. Lapina, A. Chirikova, A. Duka, A. Starostin; D. Lane, N. Melvin,

M. McAuley, K. Matsuzato). Regional context of Russian politics. Federalism and regional autonomy

under Yeltsin. “Power vertical” and narrowing of regional politics under Putin. Power potential of

basic actors and institutions in Russian regions. Changing role of governor in modern Russian politics.

Concept of “caciquismo” (K. Matsuzato). Power resources of local bureaucracy. Federal agencies and

structures in regional political life. Local business as a political actor. Limited role of local legislatures.

Intra-elite relationships in Russian regions. Governing coalitions. Various models of relationships be-

tween business community and political authorities (“patronage”, “partnership”, “suppression”, “pri-

vatization of power” (state capture), “bargaining”. “Systemic power of business” in Russia. Resources

of power and influence of different regional actors. Changing bases of power and relationships be-

tween federal and regional elites. Formal and informal practices in regional politics. Composition and

background of regional elites in Russian regions. The role of sub-national institutions and elites in

democratic state building.

5. Reading List

a. Required

Topic 1.

Ball T. Power // A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy /Ed. by R. Goodin and

P. Petit. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1995. P. 548-557 (Balleng)*.

Gohler G. ‘Power to’ and Power over’ // The Sage Handbook of Power /Ed. by Stewart R.

Clegg and Mark Haugaard. L.: Sage, 2009. P. 27-39 (Gohler_power).

Hearn J. Theorizing Power. L.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. P. 3-17 (Hearn_power).

Ledyaev V. Power: A Conceptual Analysis. NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1997. P. IX-XV, 3-

20; 171-181 (Ledyaev_eng_views) (Russian version: Власть_аналитобзоp_Ледяев).

Ledyaev V. Power: A conceptual analysis. NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1998. P. 223-226

(Power forms_Ledyaev).

Ledyaev V. Power: A conceptual analysis. NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1998. P. 179-199

(Forms of Power _Ledyaev) (Russian version: Формы власти_Ледяев).

Scott J. Power. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. P. 1-16 (Scott_power).

Wrong D. Power: Its Forms, Bases and Uses. NY: Harper and Row Publishers, 2002. Р. 1-13

(Wrong).

Lukes S. Power and Authority // A History of Sociological Analysis /Ed. by Tom B. Bottomore

and Robert Nisbet. L.: Heinemann, 1978. P. 633-676.

Haugaard M. Concerted power over: Paper presented to the Interim conference, IPSA RC 36,

Galway, Friday 27th September – Saturday 28th. ‘Power with’, ‘power to’, and ‘power over’ (Con-

certed power over_Haugaard). Hayward C. De-facing power. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2000 (Claris-

sa_Rile_Hayward]_De-Facing_Power_(Contempor(BookFi.org).pdf)

Ледяев В.Г. Власть: концептуальный анализ // Полиc. 2000. № 1. С. 97-107

(Власть_Ледяев_ концептуальный анализ).

* File in the electronic reader.






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Ледяев В.Г. О сущностной оспариваемости политических понятий // Полис. 2003. № 2.

С. 86-95. (Оспариваемость_Ледяев и Оспариваемость_Ледяев(сокр)).

Topic 2.

Birch A. The Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy. L.: Routledge, 1999. P. 28-32,

137-159 (Polpower_Birch) or

Ледяев В.Г. Политическая власть: концептуальный анализ // Политическое

консультирование. 2009. № 4. С. 27-45 (Политическая власть_Ледяев_2009).

Dobratz B., Waldner L., Buzzell T. Power, Politics, and Society: An Introduction to Political

Sociology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2012. P. 10-23, 51-63, 117-121 (Dobratz_polpower).

Ледяев В.Г. Социология власти. М., 2012. С. 66-68, 128-141 (Плюрализм_Ледяев).

Domhoff G.W. Who Rules America? Power and Politics in the Year 2000. L.: Mayfield

Publishing Company, 1998. P. 1-9, 11-12, P. 16-23, 28-32 (Domhoff_Power in America).

Dye T. Top Down Policymaking. NY: Chatham House Publishers, 2001 (Dye_Top_down)

Higley J., Pakulski J. Elites, Elitism and Elite Theory: Unending Confusion? [Paper prepared

for Research Committee on Political Elites (RC02) (Elitism_Higley).

Jessop B. Developments in Marxist theory // The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology

/Ed. By Kate Nash and Alan Scott. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. P. 7-16 (Jessop_Marxism_power).

Mills C.W. The Higher circles // The Power Elite. With a New Afterword by Alan Wolfe. Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 2000. P. 3-29 (Mills_1956_Circles).

Mills C.W. The power elite // The Power Elite. With a New Afterword by Alan Wolfe. Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 2000. P. 269-297 (Mills_1956_Elite) (Russian version: Миллс_1956).

Smith M. Pluralism // Marsh D., Stoker G. Theory and Methods in Political Science. L.: Macmil-

lan, 1995. P. 208-227 (Marsh).

Taylor G. Marxism // Marsh D., Stoker G. Theory and Methods in Political Science. L.:

Macmillan, 1995. P. 248-267 (Marsh).

Wright E.O. Class and politics // The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 1993. P. 143-150 (Wright_Power) (Russian version: Класс и политика_Райт).

Topic 3.

Aiken M. and Mott P.E. Introduction // The Structure of Community Power /Ed. by Michael

Aiken and Paul E. Mott. New York: Random House, 1970. P. 193-202 (Methods_Aiken_1970).

Dowding R. Growth coalitions // Encyclopedia of power /Ed. by Keith Dowling. L.: Sage,

2011. P. 298-299 (Growth machines_Dowding)

Dowding K. Explaining urban regimes // International Journal of Urban and Regional Re-

search. 2001. Vol. 25. № 1. Р. 7-19 (Regimes_Dowding_2001).

Gel’man V., Ryzhenkov S. Local regimes, sub-national governance and the ‘power vertical’ in

contemporary Russia // Europe-Asia Studies. 2011. Vol. 63. № 3. Р. 449-465 (Gel-

man_regimes_2011).

Harding A. The history of community power // Theories of Urban Politics. Second edition / Ed.

by Jonathan S. Davies and David L. Imbroscio. London: Sage, 2009. P. 27-39 (History of community

power_Harding).

Lapina N., Chirikova A. Power and Elites in the Russian Regions // Sociological Research,

2001.

Ledyaev V., Chirikova A., Seltser D. Who governs? Power in the local Russian community //

Journal of Political Power. 2014. Vol. 7. № 2. РР. 211-231 (Le-

dyaev_Chirikova_Seltser_Who_governs.pdf)

Margetts H. Reputational analysis // Encyclopedia of power /Ed. by Keith Dowling. L.: Sage, 2011. P.

570-571 (Reputational analysis). Mossberger K. Urban regime analysis // Theories of Urban Politics. Second edition / Ed. by

Jonathan S. Davies and David L. Imbroscio. London: Sage, 2009. P. 40-54 (Urban regime analy-

sis_Mossberger).

Orum A. Introduction to Political Sociology. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1978. P. 160-

193 (Compower_Orum_1978).






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Scott J. Studying power // The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology /Ed. by Kate Nash

and Alan Scott, 2004. P. 82-94 (Methods_Scott).

Ледяев В.Г. Классические методики определения субъектов политической власти: запад-

ный опыт // Политическая наука в современной России. Ежегодник РАПН. М., 2004. С. 33-55

(Метисслвласти_Ледяев).

Ледяев В.Г. Изучение власти в городских сообществах: основные этапы и модели исследования

// Неприкосновенный запас. 2010. № 2. С. 23-48 (НЗ_Ледяев).

b. Optional

Topic 1.

Allen A. Rethinking power // Hypatia. 1998. Vol. 13. № 1. Р. 21-40 (Allen_Power with).

Allen A. The power of feminist theory: Domination, resistance, solidarity. Boulder: Westview

Press, 1999.

Arendt H. Communicative power // Power /Ed. by Steven Lukes. 1986. P. 59-74

(Power_Arendt).

Bachrach P., Baratz M.S. Power and Poverty: Theory and Practice. L.: Oxford University Press,

1970.

Bachrach P. and Baratz M.S. Two faces of power // American Political Science Review. 1962.

Vol. 56. № 4. P. 947-952 (B&B_1962).

Bachrach P., Baratz M.S. Decisions and nondecisions: an analytical framework // Аmerican Politi-

cal Science Review. 1963. Vol. 57. № 3. P. 641-651 (B&B_1963).

Ball T. The Changing Face of Power // Transforming Political Discourse: Political Theory and

Critical Conceptual History. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988. P. 80-105.

Dahl R. Power The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences / Ed. By David L. Sills. Vol.

12. NY: Macmillan, 1968. P. 405-415 (Power_Dahl).

Debnam G. The Analysis of Power: А Realist Approach. L.: Macmillan, 1984.

Dowding K. Power. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1996.

Clegg S. The Theory of Power and Organization. L.: Routledge, 2013.

Foucault M. The Subject and Power // Power: Critical Concepts /ed. by John Scott. Vol 1.

London: Routledge, 1994. P. 218-233.

Foucault M. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. NY: Pantheon, 1977. P. 16-19, 25-31,

200-204, 249-255 (Power_Foucault).

French J. R. P. Jr., Raven B. The Bases of Social Power // Studies in Social Power /Ed. by Dorwin

Cartwright. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, 1959. P. 150-167.

Haugaard M. Power: A Reader. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.

Martin R. The Sociology of Power. L.: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977. P. 59-160.

Heywood A. Political Theory: An introduction. L.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.121-151.

Hindess B. Discourses of Power: From Hobbes to Foucault. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.

Ledyaev V. Power: A conceptual analysis. NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1998 .

Lukes S. Power: A Radical View. L.: Macmillan, 2005.

Lukes S. Power: A Radical view. L.: Macmillan, 1974. P. 21-42 (Power_Lukes).

Morriss P. Power: A Philosophical Analysis. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987.

Pansardi P. Power with // Encyclopedia of power /Ed. by Keith Dowling. L.: Sage, 2011. P.

527-528.

Poggi G. Forms of Power. Cambridge: Polity, 2001.

Poulantzas N. State, Power, Socialism. Verso, 1978. P. 11-14 (Power_Poulantzas).

Power: Critical Concepts /Ed. by John Scott. Vol. 1. L.: Routledge, 1994.

Power /Ed. by Steven Lukes. Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.

Scott J. Power. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. P. 16-30 (Scott_domination).

Scott J. Power. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. P. 92-109.

Swarts D.L. Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002) // Encyclopedia of power /Ed. by Keith Dowling. L.:

Sage, 2011. P. 74-76.






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Stewart A. Theories of Power and Domination. The Politics of Empowerment in Late Modernity.

L., 2001.

Thomas G. Introduction to Political Philosophy. L.: Duckworth, 2000. P. 57-63.

Wartenberg T.E. The Forms of Power: From Domination to Transformation. Philadelphia:

Temple University Press, 1990. P. 91-114.

Wartenberg T. Forms of Power: From Domination to Transformation. Philadelphia, 1990.

P. 115-121 (Domination_Wartenberg).

Weber M. Power and Domination (Domination-authority_Weber)

Wenman M.A. Power // Political Concepts. A Reader and Guide /Ed. by Iain MacKenzie. Edin-

burg, 2005. P. 370-385.

Williams G. Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975) // Encyclopedia of power /Ed. by Keith Dowling. L.:

Sage, 2011. P. 26-28 (Arendt_power).

Ледяев В.Г. Власть: концептуальный анализ. М.: РОССПЭН, 2001.

Ледяев В.Г. Власть, интерес и социальное действие // Социологический журнал. 1998.

№ 1-2. С. 79-94 .

Ледяев В.Г., Ледяева О.М. Многомерность политической власти: концептуальные

дискуссии // Логос. 2003. № 4-5. С. 23-32 (Многомерность власти_Ледяевы).

Ледяев В.Г. Политика и власть как общественные явления // Политология /Под ред.

В.И. Буренко. М., 2004. С. 83-91 (Власть_учебник_Ледяев).

Ледяев В.Г. Власть // Большая российская энциклопедия. Т. 5. М.: Большая российская

энциклопедия, 2006. С. 455-458.

Ледяев В.Г. Господство // Большая российская энциклопедия. Т. 7. М.: Большая россий-

ская энциклопедия, 2007. С. 508-509.

Лукс С. Власть. М.: ГУ-ВШЭ, 2010.

Ноговицин О.Н. Современные теории власти: текст лекции. СПб., 2005. – 40 с. (Фуко и

др._Ноговицин).

Олейник О.Н. Таксономия властных отношений // Политическая концептология. 2009. № 2.

С. 103-128 (Олейник_таксономия власти).

Парсонс Т. О понятии «политическая власть» // Антология мировой политической

мысли. Т. 2. - М.: Мысль, 1997, с. 479-482 (Власть_Парсонс).

Подорога В.А. Власть и познание (археологический поиск М.Фуко) // Власть: Очерки

современной политической философии Запада /Отв. ред. В.В. Мшевениерадзе. М.: Наука, 1989.

С. 206-255.

Topic 2.

Alexander J. Performance and power. Cambridge: Polity, 2011.

Bellamy R. Developments in pluralist and elite approaches // The Blackwell Companion to

Political Sociology / Ed. By Kate Nash and Alan Scott. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. P. 17-28

(Bellamy_powerperspectives).

Birch A. The Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy. L.: Routledge, 1999. P. 28-32,

137-159 (Polpower_Birch).

Dahl R. Modern Political Analysis. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1991. P. 39-48; 71-80.

Dunleavy P., O’Leary B. Theories of the State: The Politics of Liberal Democracy. L. Macmillan,

1987.

Domhoff G.W. Alternative Theoretical Views:

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/theory/alternative_theories.html (Domhoff_Alternative theoret-

ical views)

Dye T., Zeigler H. The Irony of Democracy. Pacific Grove: Brooks, 1990. P. 2-19; 416-422; 429-

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6. Grading System

Course grade consists of three parts:

final test (oral exam) (50 %)

classes (30 %)

home task and presentation (20%)

7. Guidelines for Knowledge Assessment

PRELIMINARY LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAM:

1. Basic problems in defining power.

2. Basic forms and manifestations of power.

3. Main traditions in defining power.

4. Debates over “faces of power”.

5. Basic forms and indicators of political power






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6. Marxist theories of political power.

7. Elitism.

8. Pluralism.

9. Robert Alford and Roger Friedland: Tripartite typology of “levels of power”.

10. C.W. Mills on power in America.

11. W.Domhoff on power in America.

12. History of community power studies.

13. Floyd Hunter’s study of Atlanta.

14. Robert Dahl’s study of New Haven.

15. Growth machines and urban regimes.

16. Basic methods of identifying community leaders.

8. The methods

The following methods of teaching will be used:

lectures (2 hours a week)

classes (2 hours a week)

participant presentation

teacher’s consultations

small group work

self-study

PRELIMINARY LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAM:

Basic problems in defining power.

Basic forms and manifestations of power.

Main traditions in defining power.

Debates over “faces of power”.

Basic forms and indicators of political power

Marxist theories of political power.

Elitism.

Pluralism.

Robert Alford and Roger Friedland: Tripartite typology of “levels of power”.

C.W. Mills on power in America.

W.Domhoff on power in America.

History of community power studies.

Floyd Hunter’s study of Atlanta.

Robert Dahl’s study of New Haven.

Growth machines and urban regimes.

Basic methods of identifying community leaders.


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