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Power at Play

The Relationships between Play, Work and Governance

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Authors:
  1. Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen

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

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 1-11

  3. Second-order Observation

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 12-18

  4. The Semantic History of Management Games

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 19-70

  5. The Organization at Play

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 71-92

  6. Political Play with Boundaries

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 93-136

  7. The Coupling of Play, Power and Pedagogy

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 137-158

  8. Conclusion: Power at Play

    • Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 159-167

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 168-180
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power at Play

  • Book Subtitle: The Relationships between Play, Work and Governance

  • Authors: Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230239296

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22820-7Published: 17 April 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31005-0Published: 17 April 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23929-6Published: 17 April 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 180

  • Topics: Organization, Management, Behavioral/Experimental Economics

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