Theories of power and social change. Power contestations and their implications for research on social change and innovation

Flor Avelino · 2021 · Journal of Political Power

Summary. This paper develops a meta-theoretical framework for understanding power in social change and innovation processes. It identifies seven key contested dimensions of power—including power over versus power to, centralized versus diffused, and empowerment versus disempowerment—and shows how different theoretical approaches to power translate into specific empirical research questions for studying innovation.

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  title   = {Theories of power and social change. Power contestations and their implications for research on social change and innovation},
  author  = {Flor Avelino},
  journal = {Journal of Political Power},
  year    = {2021},
  doi     = {10.1080/2158379x.2021.1875307},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379x.2021.1875307}
}

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DOI

10.1080/2158379x.2021.1875307

Countries

Netherlands

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28