Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking about power / Felix Berenskoetter -- The concept of power : a constructivist analysis / Stefano Guzzini -- Realist conceptions of power / Brian C. Schmidt -- Structural realism and the problem of polar ity and war / Joseph M. Grieco -- Power and the battle for hearts and m inds : on the bluntness of soft power / Steven Lukes -- Why "soft power " isn't so soft : representational force and attraction in world politi cs / Janice Bially Mattern -- The power of persuasion / Richard Ned Leb ow -- Contested credibility : symbolic power in British exchange rate p olitics / Wolf Hassdorf -- Notes on a soft power research agenda / Jose ph S. Nye, Jr. -- Reflecting on normative power Europe / Thomas Diez, I an Manners -- Empowerment among nations : a sociological perspective / Erik Ringmar -- Levels, spaces and forms of power : analyzing opportuni ties for change / John Gaventa -- On the transformational potential of global civil society / Ronnie D. Lipschutz -- Discourses of power : tra versing the realist-postmodern divide / Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Rosem ary E. Shinko -- Theory meets practice : facets of power in the war on terror / M. J. Williams.