Kenneth A. Loparo 
Power at Play 
The Relationships between Play, Work and Governance

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Second-order Observation The Semantic History of Management Games The Organization at Play Playing with Political Boundaries The Coupling Between Play, Power and Pedagogy Power at Play

Über den Autor

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.