Researching the Powerful

David Miller is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Lucy Brown is a Sociology Ph.D. student at the University of Bath. William Dinan is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of Scotland. Ludek Stavinoha is PhD Candidate at the School of Applied Social Sciences at University of Strathclyde.

Foreword  Michael Burawoy  1. Public Sociology in the UK and the World: A View from Glasgow  Lucy Brown, William Dinan, David Miller and Ludek Stavinoha  Section 1: Public Policy and Corporate Power in Neoliberal Times  2. The Neoliberal Nation-State and the "Interests of Capital"  Neil Davidson  3. Why is Alcohol Policy So Ineffective?  Claire Harkins  4. The Political Economy of Water: The Struggle Over Water in Scotland  Tommy Kane and Kyle Mitchell  5. Power Renewed: Neoliberal Energy Governance and Renewables Policy  Lucy Brown  6. Lobbying: Corporate Agency Versus Civil Society Activism  William Dinan  Section 2: Security, Propaganda and the State  7. The Neoconservative International: Political Warfare and the War on Terror  Tom Griffin  8. Policy Exchange, the Conservative Movement and the Neoconservative "Thought Collective"  Tom Mills  9. Obeying Orders: Conor Cruise O’Brien, Authoritarian Ambiguity and Broadcasting Censorship in Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)  Niall Meehan  10. Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Terror at Home: The Case of the RICU  Rizwaan Sabir and David Miller  Section 3: Communication, Knowledge and Power  11. Public Sociology as an Alternative Fourth Estate: The Case of the Democracy Institute  Steven Harkins  12. Theorizing Communicative Power: Considering the Propaganda Model  Jeffrey Klaehn  13. Elite Communication and the Spectre of the Public: TRIPS and Access to AIDS Medicines  Ludek Stavinoha  14. How to Compromise Without Being Compromised  Roy Revie  15. Coda: Public Sociology and the Struggle for Alternative Globalizations  Leslie Sklair