Influence and Power Variations on a Messy Theme
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Ruth Zimmerling
Influence and Power Variations on a Messy Theme
Managing Editors: Francisco Laporta, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain Aleksander Peczenik, University of Lund, Sweden Frederick Schauer, Harvard University, U.S.A.
INFLUENCE AND POWER
Law and Philosophy Library VOLUME 68
Managing Editors FRANCISCO J. LAPORTA, Department of Law, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain ALEKSANDER PECZENIK, Department of Law, University of Lund, Sweden FREDERICK SCHAUER, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Former Managing Editors AULIS AARNIO, MICHAEL D. BAYLES†, CONRAD D. JOHNSON†, ALAN MABE Editorial Advisory Board AULIS AARNIO, Research Institute for Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland ZENON BAN´KOWSKI, Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh PAOLO COMANDUCCI, University of Genua, Italy ERNESTO GARZÓN VALDÉS, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz JOHN KLEINIG, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York NEIL MacCORMICK, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium WOJCIECH SADURSKI, European University Institute, Department of Law, Florence, Italy ROBERT S. SUMMERS, School of Law, Cornell University CARL WELLMAN, Department of Philosophy, Washington University
INFLUENCE AND POWER Variations on a Messy Theme
by RUTH ZIMMERLING Johannes--Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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To Charlotte W. and Robert S. Chadima, and to Sue, Sarah, and David, my exchange family from Cedar Rapids, to whose influence I owe so much.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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PART I. CONCEPTS TAKEN APART CHAPTER 1. THE CONCEPT OF POWER R
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The ‘essential contestedness’ issue 1. Conceptual vagueness and ambiguity 19 / 2. Value-dependence 20 / 3. A pragmatic objection 22 / 4. An epistemological objection 23 / 5. The simple inconsistency objection 24 / 6. The sophisticated inconsistency objection 26 / 7. The unfoundedness objection 26 / 8. Value-dependence examined 27
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Conceptions of power
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1. Sociological conceptions: from Max Weber to Steven Lukes 33 / 2. A Philosophical Conception: Hartmut Kliemt 47 / 3. An e
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