de-Facing Power

In this major contribution to the power debate Clarissa Rile Hayward challenges the prevailing view of power as something powerful people have and use. Rather than seeing it as having a face she argues for a view of power as a complex network of social boundaries--norms identities institutions--which define individual freedom for powerful and powerless alike. The book''s argument is supported by a comparative analysis of relationships within two ethnically-diverse educational settings--a low-income predominantly African-American urban school; and an affluent predominantly white suburban school.