1st Edition
The Signature of Power Buildings, Communications, and Policy
By Harold D. Lasswell
Copyright 1979
254 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
253 Pages
by
Routledge
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Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and also what that environment does to individuals. In The Signature of Power , Harold D. Lasswell examines the symbolic use people make of their surroundings and the complexity of the way they interpret an altered environment. Transformed habitats can change experiences and... Read more
IntroductionPart I Analysis1 The Military Arena: The Encircling and the Encircled2 The Civil Arena and the Sharing of Power The Civil Arena: Patterns of Interpenetration The Sharing of Power: The Vertical and the Horizontal3 The Phases of Decision Dimensions of Decision: Differentiation and Demarcation The Intelligence Phase (Informing): Gathering, Processing, and Disseminating Knowledge The Promoting Phase: Mobilization of Support The Prescribing Phase: Formulating Norms, Contingencies, and Sanctions The Invoking Phase: Provisional Characterization of Particular Situations The Applying Phase: Final Characterization of the Particular The Terminating Phase: Cancelling and Compensating The Appraisal Phase: Reviews of Performance and Impact4 The Phenomena of Spacing 5 The Earth as IconPart II Exhibits 1.0 Silhouette Analysis 2.0 Decision Functions 3.0 Symbolizing Identity 4.0 Modes and Sequences of Differentiation and Demarcation 5.0 Centralization and Decentralization 6.0 Equality/Inequality 7.0 ArenasIllustrations
Biography
Harold D. Lasswell
