Abstract
This chapter applies Dowding’s analysis of power to the community power debate. It demonstrates the importance of the collective action problem to our understanding of power in society, showing that both pluralists and their radical critics misinterpret power in society by ignoring collective action problems. It demonstrates the nature of luck and systematic luck in the power structure.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Power, luck and freedom |
| Subtitle of host publication | Collected essays |
| Editors | Keith Dowding |
| Place of Publication | Manchester |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 68-81 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781526104557 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781526107282, 9781526104564 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |