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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 · The article is a discussion of the concept of power in three different social theories that are often applied to educational research: the theories of Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, and Michel Foucault.
- Gerd Christensen
Mar 24, 2021 · Abstract. There are two rival conceptions of power in modern sociopolitical thought. According to one, all social power reduces to power-over-others. According to another, the core notion is power-to-effect-outcomes, to which even power-over reduces. This article defends seven theses.
- 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)...
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.
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.
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Feb 8, 2022 · Social power is ubiquitous in social contexts and shapes social relations within them—be it in interactions between a supervisor and their subordinates, in case of politicians making decisions on behalf of society, in sports contexts, on the playground, or in the education sector.