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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 666994" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Power relations * Social and Political</p><p></p><p>I got this on Wikipedia. More and more I am thinking like you guys that <u>the dynamics in our family were as much about power dynamics and roles as about people and personality.</u> </p><p></p><p>It is interesting that there is a discussion of enabling as a means of harnessing power. </p><p><em>Because each of our situations' was more the same than different. </em>Role theory is in Sociology and Anthropology mostly. Most of the stuff about power has been written in Sociological/Philosophical/Literary/Gender/Colonial-Post Colonial studies traditions...not in Psychology....</p><p></p><p>How I am giddy and grateful to be looking at this stuff....I am so grateful for you...to share with you.</p><p></p><p>So, this is the first part in Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_science" target="_blank">social science</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics" target="_blank">politics</a>, <strong>power </strong>is the ability to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_influence" target="_blank">influence</a> or control the behavior of people. The term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority" target="_blank">authority</a>" is often used for power perceived as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)" target="_blank">legitimate</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_structure" target="_blank">social structure</a>. Power can be seen as evil or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice" target="_blank">unjust</a>, but the exercise of power is accepted as <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endemic" target="_blank">endemic</a> to humans as social beings. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" target="_blank">business</a>, power is often expressed as being "upward" or "downward". With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates. When a company exerts upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of their leader or leaders.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><p></p><p>The use of power need not involve force or the threat of force (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coercion" target="_blank">coercion</a>). At one extreme, it more closely resembles what English-speaking people might term "influence", although some authors distinguish "influence" as a means by which power is used.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p><p></p><p>Much of the recent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology" target="_blank">sociological</a> debate about power revolves around the issue of its means to enable – in other words, power as a means to make <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_actions" target="_blank">social actions</a> possible as much as it may constrain or prevent them. The philosopher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault" target="_blank">Michel Foucault</a> saw power as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism" target="_blank">structural</a> expression of "a complex strategic situation in a given <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_setting" target="_blank">social setting</a>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> that requires both constraint and enablement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 666994, member: 18958"] Power relations * Social and Political I got this on Wikipedia. More and more I am thinking like you guys that [U]the dynamics in our family were as much about power dynamics and roles as about people and personality.[/U] [I][/I] It is interesting that there is a discussion of enabling as a means of harnessing power. [I]Because each of our situations' was more the same than different. [/I]Role theory is in Sociology and Anthropology mostly. Most of the stuff about power has been written in Sociological/Philosophical/Literary/Gender/Colonial-Post Colonial studies traditions...not in Psychology.... How I am giddy and grateful to be looking at this stuff....I am so grateful for you...to share with you. So, this is the first part in Wikipedia: In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_science']social science[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics']politics[/URL], [B]power [/B]is the ability to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_influence']influence[/URL] or control the behavior of people. The term "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority']authority[/URL]" is often used for power perceived as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)']legitimate[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_structure']social structure[/URL]. Power can be seen as evil or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice']unjust[/URL], but the exercise of power is accepted as [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endemic']endemic[/URL] to humans as social beings. In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business']business[/URL], power is often expressed as being "upward" or "downward". With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates. When a company exerts upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of their leader or leaders.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] The use of power need not involve force or the threat of force ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coercion']coercion[/URL]). At one extreme, it more closely resembles what English-speaking people might term "influence", although some authors distinguish "influence" as a means by which power is used.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Much of the recent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology']sociological[/URL] debate about power revolves around the issue of its means to enable – in other words, power as a means to make [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_actions']social actions[/URL] possible as much as it may constrain or prevent them. The philosopher [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault']Michel Foucault[/URL] saw power as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism']structural[/URL] expression of "a complex strategic situation in a given [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_setting']social setting[/URL]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] that requires both constraint and enablement. [/QUOTE]
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