"Power is the social production of an effect that determines the capacities, actions, beliefs, or conduct of actors."
The capacity to influence or control people's behavior, actions, and beliefs, often distributed unequally in society.
Power: Conceptual and theoretical frameworks: This topic covers the various definitions and debates about power in Cultural Studies, including the works of Foucault, Bourdieu, and others.
Cultural hegemony and domination: This topic explores the ways in which dominant groups maintain their power through cultural norms and institutions.
Resistance, agency, and subversion: This topic discusses the ways by which subaltern groups resist and challenge dominant power structures.
Race, ethnicity, and power: This topic examines how race and ethnicity shape power relations, including the ways in which they intersect with class and gender.
Gender and power: This topic explores how gender roles and stereotypes shape power relations in various contexts.
Neoliberalism, globalization, and power: This topic examines the ways in which globalization and neoliberalism have reshaped power relations at the global, national and local levels.
Media and power: This topic examines the role of media in shaping public opinion and reinforcing dominant narratives.
Postcolonialism, decolonization, and power: This topic explores the legacy of colonialism and how it shapes power relations today.
Spatiality, mobility, and power: This topic discusses how power is manifested in urban and rural spaces, and how mobility and displacement affect power relations.
Power, ethics, and justice: This topic explores the intersections between power, ethics, and justice, and the role of Cultural Studies in addressing issues of social inequality and injustice.
Political power: The ability of a person or a group to influence or control the decisions made by those in power.
Economic power: This refers to the control over resources, wealth and financial capital.
Social power: This refers to the power that comes from belonging to a particular social group or being part of a particular community.
Educational power: This relates to the ability to gain knowledge and skills that are valued by society.
Psychological power: This refers to the power that comes from an ability to influence others through persuasion or manipulation.
Physical power: This refers to the ability to exert force or to control physical resources.
Technological power: This refers to the power that comes from possessing technological expertise, information or resources.
Cultural power: This refers to the power that comes from the ability to shape cultural norms, values, and practices.
Ideological power: This relates to the power that comes from the ability to shape the dominant ideologies and discourses that shape society.
Discursive power: This refers to the power that comes from the ability to shape the meanings and representations of social issues and events through language and communication.
"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."