Abstract

'This book tirelessly illuminates the nooks and crannies of the power literature, where the lead author is frequently identified as an earlier visitor, taking readers on an audacious tour of power's multiple conceptualizations and expressions' - Hugh Willmott, Diageo Professor of Management Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. In this tour de force, Stewart Clegg, David Courpasson and Nelson Phillips provide a comprehensive account of power and organizations, unlocking power as the central relation of modern organizations and society. The authors present an excellent synthesis of organization, social and political theory to offer an overview of power and organizations that is historically informed, addresses current issues - such as the emergence of a post 9//11 state of insecurity and its implications for organizations and society - and is comprehensive in scope.