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The Grammar of Social Power: Power-to, Power-with, Power-despite and Power-over [PDF]
Political Studies, 2021 There are two rival conceptions of power in modern sociopolitical thought. According to one, all social power reduces to power-over-others. According to another, the core notion is power-to-effect-outcomes, to which even power-over reduces. This article defends seven theses.
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I—Fundamental Powers, Evolved Powers, and Mental Powers [PDF]
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 2018 Powers have in recent years become a central component of many philosophers’ ontology of properties. While I have argued that powers exist at the fundamental level of properties, many other theorists of powers hold that there are also non-fundamental powers.
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Columbia Social Work Review, 2012 Women’s sexual beliefs and behaviors are influenced by the overarching demands of society. This paper discusses a portion of a study completed at a small liberal arts institution in the northeastern United States.
Kelsey Power
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Recruitment, retention and professionalisation in residential childcare in Ireland
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022 Residential childcare workers have been at the vanguard of the development of the professionalisation of social care work in Ireland, and in late 2023 a register for social care workers is finally expected to open.
Martin Power
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Beaming power: Photovoltaic laser power converters for power-by-light
Joule, 2022 Photovoltaic laser power converters (PVLPCs) are the core element of power-by-light (PBL) systems, which are basically made up of a power laser, an optical fiber, and a PVLPC. PBL allows the safe transfer of power in situations where the direct use of electrical energy to power electronic equipment is either not possible or not recommendable. The first
Algora del Valle, Carlos +6 more
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The Online Public or Cybercitizen
SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 2010 As both citizens and the state increasingly use online mediated environments, the nature of the public and thus public law has changed. As individuals and state actors use avatars as their online representatives in virtual environments, the notion of the
Andrew Power
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Nature, 1984 The State and Nuclear Power: Conflict and Control in the Western World. By J.A. Camilleri. Harvester Press/University of Washington Press: 1984. Pp. 347. £25, $25.
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“The New Heroism” in Jennifer Egan’s “Black Box”
Press Start, 2022 This article analyses the concept of “the new heroism” in Jennifer Egan’s 2012 Twitter fiction “Black Box.” The article compares the Twitter fiction reader to the video game player and applies some notions from video games in navigating the digital ...
Mairi Power
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 2011 CESAA 18TH ANNUAL EUROPE ESSAY COMPETITION 2010 - Honours winner: Benjamin Power, Australian National University This paper demonstrates that the existing literature on voter preference formation in European referenda is insufficient to explain the ...
Benjamin Power
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 IntroductionIncreasing population levels of walking holds benefits for public and planetary health. While individual level interventions to promote walking have been shown to be efficacious, upstream interventions such as policies harness the greatest ...
Dylan Power +3 more
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