Potere e mutamento 

Abstract

The concept of power has been widely discussed in sociological, political and philosophical literature since classical authors, and is central to research in its various facets. Yet it continues to be essential to focus theoretically and empirically on it in order to understand social relations, not only in the relations of domination and its various domains, but in different aspects of everyday life, of the construction of identity and freedom. The volume Power and Change aims to offer a discussion on the connections between the dimensions of power and social transformations. In the chapters of the volume, the centrality of the concept of power is fuelled not only by theoretical reflection, but also by empirical insights into its distribution in society and the mechanisms through which it manifests itself. The authors explore the metamorphoses of power (Vinci), the dark side of violence (Marchetti), asymmetries in deliberative decision-making processes and online public consultations (Macaluso), the power of big data (Sampugnaro), the temporal dimension of power (Tumminelli), power imbalances and gender inequalities (Meo, Raffa), patriarchal power and the ‘feminisation’ of society (Giurintano).