Power, Emancipation and the Administrative State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C F Abel (0000-0003-3462-2310, Stephen F. Austin State University, corresponding author), Arthur Sementelli (Stephen F. Austin State University), Arthur J Sementelli (0000-0002-9464-8160, Stephen F. Austin State University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-278 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10841806.2002.11029361 |
| OpenAlex | W2398056937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
Until recently, critical theorists have conceived of power in terms of domination. Public bureaucracies were thought to play a central role in domination as they mediated on behalf of dominant interests both by embodying and enforcing the dominant ideology, and by reinforcing society-wide practices of domination. Habermas, however, has suggested that one particular form of power, “communicative power,” might be emancipatory rather than domineering in nature and that the domineering practices of public institutions might be set aright through its proper expression and exercise. This paper argues that power as first conceptualized in Veblen's evolutionary critical theory and as further explicated by Foucault, is of a still more intricate and subtle nature than suggested by Habermas. Further, it argues that as a consequence public agencies have both less potential for mediating domination and more potential for advancing emancipation than critical theorists originally thought
Bureaucracy · Critical theory · Economics · Emancipation · Epistemology · Ideology · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Veblen good · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
Life imitates art
Biopolitics, Dominance, and Critical Theory
Antiessentialism, Parrhesia, and Citizenship
Transforming power with Pose
Public Service, Struggle, and Existenz
The “illusion” of administrative sovereignty in developing countries
Deterritorializing Utopia
Should We Defend the Administrative State
The gender of oppression
The life and times of liberal democracy
Discipline and Punish
Community Power Structure
The Instinct of Workmanship, by Thorstein Veblen
Organization, Class and Control
Questions of Method
Eros and Civilization
One-Dimensional Man
Power
Recasting Critical Theory
The Critique of Domination
The Survival of Domination
Love, Power, and Justice
State, Power, Socialism
Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap
Administrative Decentralization and Political Power
The concept of power
Two Faces of Power
A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model
Between Facts and Norms
Objective' Interests and the Sociology of Power
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |