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Mar 7, 2021 · This paper discusses these challenges and sets out to broaden and deepen the theoretical basis for studying the implications of power for research on social change and innovation. Power is one of the most contested concepts in social and political theory.
- Flor Avelino
- 2021
Jul 3, 2023 · Bourdieu’s concepts of power (and habitus) mediate the “subjective” and the “objective,” which makes the theory suitable for analyses of agent’s choice and strategies and the social positions that they can possess.
- Gerd Christensen
Mar 24, 2021 · This article defends seven theses. First, agential social power consists in a relation between agent and outcomes (power-to). Second, not all social power reduces to power-over and, third, the contrary view stems from conflating power-over with a distinct notion: power-despite-resistance.
- Arash Abizadeh
- 2021
Jul 1, 2006 · The recent empirical work on social power suggests that powerful individuals and members of powerful groups differ from powerless individuals and members of powerless groups with regard to (a)...
Jul 11, 2017 · This article argues that in order to play this role, a general theory of power is required to identify a stable causal capacity, one that does not depend on idiosyncratic social conditions...
Jul 11, 2017 · This article argues that in order to play this role, a general theory of power is required to identify a stable causal capacity, one that does not depend on idiosyncratic social conditions and can thus exert its characteristic influence in a wide range of cases.
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Aug 19, 2020 · John Scott (2001) elucidates that power is a social relationship between two agents, who may usefully be called the ‘principal’ and ‘subaltern’. A principal is the paramount agent in a power relationship, while a subaltern is the subordinate agent.
