[Review Essay: Steven Lukes, Power: A Radical View, 2nd ed. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), viii + 192 pp.] The publication of an expanded second edition of Steven Lukes's seminal 1974 book is testament to its continuing popularity. Lukes's intuitive three-dimensional model of power, while framed in 1970s academic debates, has remained a fertile basis for research in the social sciences. In the new edition of Power: A Radical View (PRV), Lukes not only republishes the original text, but adds two new chapters of comparable length significantly revising his original analysis. The new edition of PRV has, however, occasioned some sharp criticisms that raise the question of whether his model is still compelling thirty years later.
