Contents List and Pattern Descriptions
The pattern descriptions, which clarify how power is used, are hierarchically numbered in accordance with the sections of the PatternsofPower books. They can be reached by clicking on the appropriate numbered chapter links in the following book contents list, and drilling down through the hierarchy:
Why the books were written and influences on them
The differences between the four editions
1. Introduction to Patterns of Power
Objectives, concepts and assumptions, and the analysis approach
The relationships between chapters, section numbering, and different ways of reading
2. Pattern Assessment Criteria
How power is judged according to its acceptability to those who are subject to it
Power that is exercised through money: wanting it and using it
4. Culture and Moral Influence
How people are influenced by each other, and how that affects their preferences and behaviour
5. Legal Powers
Formal powers used by the State to control people’s behaviour
The authority wielded by those who have been chosen to govern
Power that relies on the use of force rather than agreed rules
8. Analysing the Iraq War 2003 Invasion Decision
An example of a complex topic to test the effectiveness of the analysis approach
9. Contested Aspects of Governance
Aspects needing negotiation, and evidence that acceptable governance is achievable