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Resources, Power and Systematic Luck: A Response to Barry

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Brian Barry attacks the `resource account' of power providing a set of definitions through which power should be analysed. While there might be different, equally good, ways of defining power, I argue that the formulations provided by Dowding are superior to those of Barry as they produce fewer anomalies and provide a better foundation for empirical research. The article defends the resource account against Barry's criticisms and argues for the utility of the ideas of luck and `systematic luck'.

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  • Keith Dowding, 2003. "Resources, Power and Systematic Luck: A Response to Barry," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 2(3), pages 305-322, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:2:y:2003:i:3:p:305-322
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X030023002
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    1. Paster, Thomas, 2015. "Bringing power back in: A review of the literature on the role of business in welfare state politics," MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    2. Max Rousseau, 2009. "Re‐imaging the City Centre for the Middle Classes: Regeneration, Gentrification and Symbolic Policies in ‘Loser Cities’," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 770-788, September.

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