Influence and Power: Variations on a Messy Theme

This volume

contains an extensive overview and critical assessment;

explores the conceptual relationship between freedom and power;

assesses the distinctions made in existing scholarship between power and influence;

presents the author?s own proposal for a definition of influence as opposed to power;

combines insights from political theory, legal philosophy and the general theory of norms;

is densely argued, yet accessible to all interested readers without any prerequisite of special prior knowledge;

is transparently structured, written in a clear style, avoiding social-scientific jargon and using ordinary language.