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Laws and the Distribution of Power in Society

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Comparing Government Activity

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Though power has traditionally been considered to be the central concept of political science, it has come to be relatively neglected in the ‘new’ political science, strongly influenced by economics and more generally by theories of rational choice.

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  1. Vincent Lemieux
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Laval University, Quebec, Canada

    Louis M. Imbeau (Professor of Political Science) (Professor of Political Science)

  2. Lancaster University, UK

    Robert D. McKinlay (Professor of International Studies) (Professor of International Studies)

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© 1996 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Lemieux, V. (1996). Laws and the Distribution of Power in Society. In: Imbeau, L.M., McKinlay, R.D. (eds) Comparing Government Activity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24533-8_5

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