SY3: Power
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- Created on: 27-11-15 14:42
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- Power
- Defining power
- Getting one's own way in society
- Power exists when A gets B to do something that B would not otherwise have done (Stephen Lukes)
- Power is the probability of persons or groups carrying out their own will, even when opposed by others. (Max Weber)
- How people obtain power
- Coercion: Power arising from manipulation, force or threat of force.
- Authority: Voluntary submitting to the will of others, giving them consensual power.
- Charismatic: Derived from personality and persuasion (Ghandi, MLK)
- Traditional: Ascribed power associated with traditional norms and customs (The Queen)
- A republican is someone who wants to abolish the monarchy
- Legal-rational: Achieved legitimate power associated with 'holding office' and expertees (Prime Minister, Doctors)
- How people use power (Stephen Lukes)
- Decision making: The power to make and implement decisions that affect other people
- Agenda management: The power to set agendas and topics for discussion
- Manipulation of wishes (aka ideological power): The power to manipulate what people think they want. Associated with marxism, hegemony and false consciousness
- Manuel Castells: Power relationships are the foundations of society. Those in power create institutions and shape norms and values to their own interests. Wherever there is power, there is also counter-power
- Defining power
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