Discipline and process: a topography of power in the modern political party
This site provides free access to a conference paper by Danny Rye which
was delivered at the 2009 Political Studies Association conference,
Manchester, April 2009. The 14 page paper develops a theoretical
framework for examining issues relating to discipline within political
parties. This involves consideration of structures of power within
political parties.
From Intute.ac.uk http://www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2009/Rye.pdf
The Demos organization publishes thoughtful pieces of commentary and
research on a variety of topics, including civics, governance, public
space, and other related matters. Richard Reeves and Philip Collins
authored this 71-page paper, and in it they consider the nature of
power and control, and more specifically, the relationship between the
people and government. The work was published in May 2009, and is
divided into three chapters: "Independence", "Capability", and "Power".
The report concludes with a series of notes and references. Perhaps
Reeves and Collins say it best when they note, "The 'good society' is
not a perfect shape to be carved by the elite out of the crooked timber
of humanity. It is created by independent, capable people charting
their own course through life." [KMG] TheScout Report
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power is a peer-reviewed journal published six times a year by Taylor and Francis which aims to examine "the collective representations of social, political, economic and cultural boundaries as aspects of processes of domination, struggle and resistance, and it probes the unidentified and unarticulated class structures and gender relations that remain integral to both maintaining and challenging subordination". From Intute.ac.uk http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1070289x.asp
Journal of power Journal of Power is published three times a year by Routledge and focuses not only on the classic theoretical debates on power "from Dahl to Lukes and, recently, between followers of Foucauldian perspectives and more modernist view points" but also provides an "outlet for those doing empirical work on relations of power and powerlessness". The first issue published in 2008 has free access but full-text articles in following issues are available to subscribers only. There is online access to contents list and abstracts for each issue. From Intute.ac.uk http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t778749998~tab=summary
Isandla Institute and the Open Society Foundation for South Africa
invite you to a Development Dialogue on
Speaking truth to power: Politics and jurisprudence in a
young democracy
Thursday 6
November 2008, 16h30 - 18h00
Centre for the Book, Cape Town
(tea and coffee
served beforehand, please be seated at 16h30)
In
recent months, the role and independence of the judiciary in South Africa
has come under scrutiny. The debate seems to have become polarised around two
extreme perspectives. On the one hand, some hold the view that the judiciary
has involved itself in, and has allowed itself to be influenced by, the
politics of the day. Others, however, are of the opinion that the state and the
ANC have sought to interfere with or compromise/discredit the judiciary, in
particular the Constitutional Court.
What is at stake is the autonomy of the judiciary and its credibility in
speaking truth to power. In our new democracy, what is the relationship between
politics and jurisprudence? Are the checks and balances in place to avoid undue
political interference with the judiciary? And to what extent can the judiciary
tread on the terrain of politics, without fear or favour, but at the same time
without exceeding its mandate?
Justice Dennis Davis (Cape
High Court), Rhoda Kadalie (Impumelelo
Innovations Awards Trust) and Prof Pierre De
Vos (University of the Western Cape,
t.b.c.) have been invited to share their perspectives on these
questions.
The Development Dialogue will be held on
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November 2008 from 16h30-18h00, at the Centre for the Book, 62 Queen
Victoria Street, Cape Town. Tea and coffee are made available between
16h00-16h30. Kindly note that the event will start at
16h30. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for informal interaction
over drinks and snacks.
If you are interested in attending this event, please
r.s.v.p. on admin@isandla.org.za
by Friday 31 October. You will receive confirmation of your
attendance.
PostGlobal "PostGlobal is an interactive conversation on global issues moderated by Newsweek International ... [and] The Washington Post." It considers the impact of recent events on the power of governments such as the U.S., China, Israel, and Russia. The "Global Power Barometer" "tracks how well global players use power to advance their policy goals. ... The system tracks [and links to] thousands of news media, academic, governmental and other sources." URL: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/drg/index.html LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26082
Power elite: excerpts from the book Excerpts from The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills are arranged online on this Third Word Traveller webpage under the following chapter headings: The Higher Circles; The Chief Executives; The Warlords;The Military Ascendancy;The Mass Society; and The Higher Immorality. Third world Traveler aims to post on the Internet excerpts of books and articles which challenge the viewpoint of corporate America about US foreign policy. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book_Excerpts/PowerElite.html
C. Wright Mills Nik Mills compiled this website which includes a bibliography of C. Wright Mills' major works, a commenorative review of The Power Elite; and photos of the sociologist whose scholarship challenged mainstream thinking in the 1950's. http://www.cwrightmills.org/