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Resources, Power and Systematic Luck: A Response to BarryLondon School of Economics, UK, k.m.dowding{at}lse.ac.uk 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'.
Key Words: power luck systematic luck resources Barry Dowding Harsanyi capitalists
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Vol. 2, No. 3,
305-322 (2003) |
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