Ronald F. Wendt

The Paradox of Empowerment

Suspended Power and the Possibility of Resistance

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Produktbeschreibung

Wendt provides a collection of critical stories examining the power and politics of organizational life. He looks at workers in frustrating situations and explores a new type of power that is simultaneously beneficial and detrimental. The talk, language, and discourse that constitute the micro-paradoxes of work life are investigated. Starting with the concept of corporate hegemony, Wendt looks at its language, provides stories illustrating hegemony, and helps the reader envision how hegemony carries over to other social realms like higher education. After exploring the possibility of counter-hegemonic resistance, including tactical storytelling, Wendt sets forth a new theory of suspended power. While he shows there is no clear answer or response to the politics of corporate hegemony because it is a persistent dilemma, he points the reader to the uses of critical theory to understand and adjust to contemporary power dynamics. Of particular interest to scholars and students involved with communication, management, and cultural studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780275972332
• ISBN-10: 027597233X
• Artikelnr.: 25565828

Autorenporträt

RONALD F. WENDT is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include leadership, power relations, organizational paradox, and social movements. Professor Wendt's work appears in a number of scholarly journals, including The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Studies, and Management Communication Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Corporate Hegemony and the Possibility of Resistance Part I
All the Way Down and All the Way Back: Toward a Critical-Postmodern
Hermeneutics Hegemonic Double Binds The Sound of One Hand Clapping:
Counterintuitive Lessons Extracted from Paradoxes and Double Binds in
Participative Organizations Part II Women in Positions of Service: The
Politicized Body The Too Aggressive--Not Aggressive Enough Paradox Part III
Corporate Lampoonery as a Hermeneutic Sign of Our Times: Reading "Dilbert"
from Critical and Post-structuralist Perspectives The Corporate Consumption
of Higher Education Technology and McEducation Part IV Building
Resistance(s) Through Radical Pedagogy and Tactical Storytelling A Critical
Reflection Epilogue: A Skeptic's Forecast Notes References Index