Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice. Bent Flyvbjerg. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 1998. 290 pp.     

Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power. Thomas E. Emerson. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997.318 pp.     

Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis

Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis. Eric R. Wolf. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. 339 pp.     

Gender and Power in Prehistoric Mesoamerica.

Gender and Power in Prehistoric Mesoamerica. Rosemary A. Joyce. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. 269 pp.     

Gender in Archaeology: Analyzing Power and Prestige.

Gender in Archaeology: Analyzing Power and Prestige. Sarah Milledge Nelson. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1997. 240 pp.     

Social Construction of the Past: Representations as Power

Social Construction of the Past: Representations as Power. George C. Bond and Angela Gilliam. New York: Routledge, 1997.232 pp.     

Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture.

Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture. Elizabeth Chin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. 272 pp.     

Anthropology of Policy: Critical Perspectives on Governance and Power

Anthropology of Policy: Critical Perspectives on Governance and Power. Cris Shore and Susan Wright. eds. New York: Routledge, 1997. 294 pp.     

The Feast of the Sorcerer: Practices of Consciousness and Power

The Feast of the Sorcerer: Practices of Consciousness and Power. Bruce Kapferer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.400 pp.     

Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State

Gifts of Power: Lordship in an Early Indian State. James Heitzman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.278 pp.     

Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile.

Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile. Julia Paley. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 255 pp.     

How Chiefs Come to Power: The Political Economy in Prehistory

How Chiefs Come to Power: The Political Economy in Prehistory. Timothy Earle. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.250 pp.     

Just Words: Law, Language, and Power

Just Words: Law, Language, and Power. John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. 168 pp.     

Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power and Technological Innovation

Reproducing Reproduction: Kinship, Power and Technological Innovation. Sarah Franklin and Helena Ragoné. eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. vi +245 pp.     

Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures

Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures. Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller. eds. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 298 pp.     

Power Day: Addressing the Use and Abuse of Power in Medical Training

Problem: Medical student mistreatment, as well as patient and staff mistreatment by all levels of medical trainees and faculty, is still prevalent in U.S. clinical training. Largely missing in interventions to reduce mistreatment is acknowledgement of the abuse of power produced by the hierarchical structure in which medicine is practiced. Approach: Beginning in 2001, Yale School of Medicine has held annual “Power Day” workshops for third year medical students and advanced practice nursing students, to define and analyse power dynamics within the medical hierarchy and hidden curriculum using literature, guest speakers, and small groups. During rotations, medical students write narratives about the use of power witnessed in the wards. In response to student and small group leader feedback, workshop organizers have developed additional activities related to examining and changing the use of power in clinical teams. Outcome: Emerging narrative themes included the potential impact of small acts and students feeling “mute” and “complicit” in morally distressing situations. Small groups provided safe spaces for advice, support, and professional identity formation. By 2005, students recognized residents that used power positively with Power Day awards and alumni served as keynote speakers on the use of power in medicine. By 2010, departments including OB/GYN, surgery, psychiatry, and paediatrics, had added weekly team Power Hour discussions. Next Steps: The authors highlight barriers, benefits, and lessons learned. Barriers include the notion of clinical irrelevance and resistance to the word “power” due to perceived accusation of abuse. Benefits include promoting open dialogue about power, fostering inter-professional collaboration, rewarding positive role modelling by residents and faculty, and creating a network of trainee empowerment and leadership. Furthermore, faculty have started to ask that issues of power be addressed in a more transparent way at their level of the hierarchy as well.     

The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power

The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power. Carole M. Counihan. New York: Routledge, 1999.256 pp.     

Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art

Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art. Gerald McMaster. ed-Seattle: University of Washington Press and Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1998.164 pp.     

Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring.

Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring. Pauline Lipman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 334 pp.     

Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China

Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China, Francesca Bray. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. 419 pp.