Rationality and power
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| Author(s) | Bent Flyvbjerg |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Publication date | February 28, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0-226-25451-8 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK] |
| OCLC Number | 300447950 |
| Dewey Decimal | 320.4489/5 21 |
| LC Classification | JS6185.A53 F5913 1998 |
Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice is a political science and sociology book Bent Flyvbjerg. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 1998, it focuses on "the application of critical theory to urban and community development".[1] It tries to deploy a form of social science developed by Flyvbjerg in Making Social Science Matter.
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Synopsis
Rationality and Power focuses on the study of how power influences rationality and democracy. Flyvbjerg builds the book's theory and method based on power studies he observed in several people such as Machiavelli and Max Weber. He specifically highlights Machiavelli's power studies in Florence as a source of influence for the choice of in-depth case studies to understand the dynamics of power and how power enables and constrains rationality and rational government. Flyvbjerg also develops and identifies "ten propositions about rationality and power" that can be used when researching.[2]
Reception
Stewart Clegg states that the book "exemplifies in many ways what is distinctive about Flyvbjerg’s work, as densely textured, ethnographically detailed, and theoretically acute".[3]
See also
References
- ^ Davidson, Heather; Evans, Scott; Ganote, Cynthia ; Henrickson, Jorie ; Jacobs-Priebe, Lynette ; Jones, Diana ; Prilleltensky, Isaac ; Riemer, Manuel (2006). "Power and Action in Critical Theory Across Disciplines: Implications for Critical Community Psychology". American Journal of Community Psychology 38 (1): 45.
- ^ Kirkeby, Inge Mette (March 2011 2011). "Transferable knowledge: an interview with Bent Flyvbjerg". Architectural Research Quarterly 15 (01): 13.
- ^ Clegg, Stewart (2008). "Bent Flyvbjerg: power and project management – an appreciation". International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1 (3): 428–431. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
