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This special edition is the first collaborative publication by the Authority Research Network (ARN) and aims to contribute to the reinvigoration of thinking on authority–or new authority studies–focusing on the theme of experience. The ARN is a group of academics who first came together in 2008, as doctoral students, and who work collaboratively through writing retreats, workshops and symposia to push forward the theory of authority. The group includes the six main article authors in this edition–Claire Blencowe, Julian Brigstocke, Leila Dawney, Samuel Kirwan, Naomi Millner and Tehseen Noorani–as well as Aécio Amaral and Patrick Bresnihan.

The network emerged following discussions at the first Power conference at the University of Tampere in 2008: Power: Dynamics, Forms and Consequences. The conference set out an exciting agenda to engage with the theory of power, taking on board but moving beyond …