The Paradox of Empowerment: Suspended Power and the Possibility of Resistance by

Description: The Paradox of Empowerment by Ronald F. Wendt The talk, language, and discourse that constitute the micro-paradoxes of work life are investigated.Starting with the concept of corporate hegemony, Wendt looks at its language, provides stories illustrating hegemony, and helps the reader envision how hegemony carries over to other social realms like higher education. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Wendt provides a collection of critical stories examining the power and politics of organizational life. He looks at workers in frustrating situations and explores a new type of power that is simultaneously beneficial and detrimental. The talk, language, and discourse that constitute the micro-paradoxes of work life are investigated.Starting with the concept of corporate hegemony, Wendt looks at its language, provides stories illustrating hegemony, and helps the reader envision how hegemony carries over to other social realms like higher education. After exploring the possibility of counter-hegemonic resistance, including tactical storytelling, Wendt sets forth a new theory of suspended power. While he shows there is no clear answer or response to the politics of corporate hegemony because it is a persistent dilemma, he points the reader to the uses of critical theory to understand and adjust to contemporary power dynamics. Of particular interest to scholars and students involved with communication, management, and cultural studies. Author Biography RONALD F. WENDT is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include leadership, power relations, organizational paradox, and social movements. Professor Wendts work appears in a number of scholarly journals, including The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Studies, and Management Communication Quarterly. Table of Contents Introduction: Corporate Hegemony and the Possibility of ResistancePart IAll the Way Down and All the Way Back: Toward a Critical-Postmodern HermeneuticsHegemonic Double BindsThe Sound of One Hand Clapping: Counterintuitive Lessons Extracted from Paradoxes and Double Binds in Participative OrganizationsPart IIWomen in Positions of Service: The Politicized BodyThe Too Aggressive--Not Aggressive Enough ParadoxPart IIICorporate Lampoonery as a Hermeneutic Sign of Our Times: Reading "Dilbert" from Critical and Post-structuralist PerspectivesThe Corporate Consumption of Higher EducationTechnology and McEducationPart IVBuilding Resistance(s) Through Radical Pedagogy and Tactical StorytellingA Critical ReflectionEpilogue: A Skeptics ForecastNotesReferencesIndex Review "Ron Wendt has written a very smart, entirely engaging, and at many turns, surprising and creative account of the subtle but pervasive power of communication double binds within the contexts of supposed empowerment in everyday organizational life. Combining his considerable skills as a critical theorist with first-rate ethnographic accounts, he provides readers with a wide-ranging tour of hegemonic structures understood as inherent parts of existing communication and capitalist systems. Wendts vision incorporates the timeless wisdom of Zen into our understanding of these relations. I recommend this book to anyone interested in organizational studies, critical theory, and communication."-H. L. Goodall, Jr. Professor and Head, Department of Communication University of North Carolina at Greensboro Promotional Examines the types of communication and power dynamics that create disempowered working and learning environments. Long Description Wendt provides a collection of critical stories examining the power and politics of organizational life. He looks at workers in frustrating situations and explores a new type of power that is simultaneously beneficial and detrimental. The talk, language, and discourse that constitute the micro-paradoxes of work life are investigated. Starting with the concept of corporate hegemony, Wendt looks at its language, provides stories illustrating hegemony, and helps the reader envision how hegemony carries over to other social realms like higher education. After exploring the possibility of counter-hegemonic resistance, including tactical storytelling, Wendt sets forth a new theory of suspended power. While he shows there is no clear answer or response to the politics of corporate hegemony because it is a persistent dilemma, he points the reader to the uses of critical theory to understand and adjust to contemporary power dynamics. Of particular interest to scholars and students involved with communication, management, and cultural studies. Promotional "Headline" Examines the types of communication and power dynamics that create disempowered working and learning environments. Details ISBN027597233X Year 2001 ISBN-10 027597233X ISBN-13 9780275972332 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2001-04-30 Subtitle Suspended Power and the Possibility of Resistance Country of Publication United States DEWEY 302.35 Author Ronald F. Wendt Short Title PARADOX OF EMPOWERMENT Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Birth 1951 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 224 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DOI 10.1604/9780275972332 UK Release Date 2001-04-30 AU Release Date 2001-04-30 NZ Release Date 2001-04-30 US Release Date 2001-04-30 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:16438684;

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