Power at Play

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-11

3. Second-order Observation

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   Pages 12-18

4. The Semantic History of Management Games

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   Pages 19-70

5. The Organization at Play

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   Pages 71-92

6. Political Play with Boundaries

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   Pages 93-136

7. The Coupling of Play, Power and Pedagogy

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   Pages 137-158

8. Conclusion: Power at Play

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   Pages 159-167

9. Back Matter

   Pages 168-180

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More and more adults participate as employees in games at work and in public and voluntary organizations. Power at play covers the intricate linkages between pedagogy, play and power. It shows how power today suspends itself through play and analyzes organized play as a symptom of more radical changes of the exercise of power in work and society.

• management
• organization
• organizations

• Department of Management Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark

  Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen

NIELS ÅKERSTRØM ANDERSEN is Professor and Research Manager at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He works with systems theory, deconstruction, conceptual history and discourse analysis empirical embedded in welfare management. He has published 11 books and 40 articles.

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