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A study that gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. It outlines the concept of power and explores its dimensions through consideration of various factors - command, pressure, constraint, discipline, protest and interpersonal power. Aimed at students of sociology and political science as well as the interested general reader, this is an examination of both the theoretical debates that have arisen around power and the empirical materials relevant to these debates. Included are the nature of the contemporary state, global economic power, world systems, business governance, professional power, social movements and family dynamics.