Why should we care about the definition of power?

Journal of Political Power

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-135

  Dowding, Keith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conceptual construction; essential contestability; power; zero and positive sum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859580508     PISSN: 2158379X     EISSN: 21583803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2012.661917     Document Type: Article

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