"Power is the social production of an effect that determines the capacities, actions, beliefs, or conduct of actors."
The ability to influence and control the actions, behaviors, and beliefs of others in a society.
Power dynamics: This refers to the different ways in which power operates within a society, including issues of privilege and oppression.
Privilege and oppression: These are the ways in which power is distributed unequally along lines of race, class, gender, sexuality, and other social identities, leading to differential access to resources and opportunities.
Social identity: This refers to the different components of people's sense of themselves as members of different social groups, including race, gender, nationality, religion, and others.
Social justice: This is the concept of promoting social equality and addressing the root causes of social inequalities based on social identity.
Intersectionality: This refers to the different ways in which social identities intersect and interact with each other, creating unique experiences of oppression and privilege for people with multiple marginalized identities.
Marginalization: This is the process of being pushed to the margins of society, in which an individual base is ignored or is given only minimal importance.
Cultural competence: This refers to the ability to work effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds, based on an understanding of their cultural values, communication styles, and other factors.
Stereotypes and prejudice: These are negative and unfounded beliefs and attitudes about people based on their social identity.
Discrimination: Harmful or negative behaviors and attitudes towards people based on their social identity.
Cultural appropriation: This is the act of taking and using elements of another culture without acknowledgment or respect for the cultural originators.
Coercive power: The ability to use fear, threats, or physical force to control others.
Economic power: The ability to influence and control economic resources.
Political power: The ability to influence and control political decisions and policies.
Legal power: The ability to control or influence the legal system and its decisions.
Social power: The ability to control or influence cultural norms and social dynamics.
Cultural power: The ability to shape or control cultural identities, beliefs, and values.
Psychological power: The ability to influence or control the thoughts, behaviors, and emotions of others.
Informational power: The ability to control or influence access to information and its dissemination.
Spiritual power: The ability to control or influence spiritual beliefs and practices.
Relational power: The ability to influence and control relationships between individuals or groups.
"Power does not exclusively refer to the threat or use of force (coercion) by one actor against another."
"Power may also be exerted through diffuse means (such as institutions)."
"Power may also take structural forms, as it orders actors in relation to one another."
"Discursive forms of power exist as categories and language may lend legitimacy to some behaviors and groups over others."
"The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate or socially approved by the social structure."
"Power can be seen as evil or unjust; however, power can also be seen as good and as something inherited or given for exercising humanistic objectives that will help, move, and empower others as well."
"Scholars have distinguished between soft power and hard power."
"Power is the social production of an effect that determines the capacities, actions, beliefs, or conduct of actors."
"Power may also be exerted through diffuse means (such as institutions)."
"Power takes structural forms, as it orders actors in relation to one another."
"Categories and language may lend legitimacy to some behaviors and groups over others."
"The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate or socially approved by the social structure."
"Power can be seen as evil or unjust; however, power can also be seen as good."
"Power can be inherited or given for exercising humanistic objectives that will help, move, and empower others."
"Power can also be seen as good and as something inherited or given for exercising humanistic objectives that will help, move, and empower others."
"Scholars have distinguished between soft power and hard power."
"Power may take structural forms, discursive forms, and can be exerted through diffuse means."
"Power orders actors in relation to one another (such as distinguishing between a master and an enslaved person, a householder and their relatives, an employer and their employees, a parent and a child, a political representative and their voters...)."
"The term authority is often used for power that is perceived as legitimate or socially approved by the social structure."