Power, causality and normativity: A critical realist critique of Foucault

Journal of Political Power

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-194

  Sayer, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

causality; critical realism; dispersed power; Foucault; normativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865059225     PISSN: 2158379X     EISSN: 21583803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2012.698898     Document Type: Article

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