"Power is the social production of an effect that determines the capacities, actions, beliefs, or conduct of actors."
Study of power structures that operate in society and how they impact social change movements. It includes analysis of hierarchies, class, race, gender, and other forms of social identity.
Types of Power: Understanding the different sources of power and how they operate within social systems.
Power Relationships: Understanding the dynamics of power between individuals, groups, and organizations.
Power Structures: Examining the ways in which power is institutionalized and maintained in social systems.
Social Movements and Resistance: Studying the ways in which marginalized individuals and groups challenge power structures through collective action.
Intersectionality: Recognizing the ways in which systems of power intersect and impact marginalized individuals from different identities and backgrounds.
Privilege and Oppression: Understanding how privilege and oppression operate within systems of power and affect individuals and groups differently.
Ethical Considerations: Understanding the ethical implications of power dynamics and how to navigate power in ethical ways.
Critical Race Theory: Analyzing the role of race in power dynamics and exploring strategies for dismantling racism.
Feminist Theory: Examining the role of gender in power dynamics and exploring strategies for dismantling patriarchal structures.
Social Justice: Understanding the goals of social justice and how they relate to power dynamics and systems of oppression.
Patriarchy: A social system in which men hold primary power.
Hierarchy: A system in which people are ranked according to status or authority.
Racism: A system in which people are treated differently based on their race.
Colonialism: A system in which one country exercises political control over another.
Classism: A system in which people are treated differently based on their social or economic class.
Caste: A social stratification system in which people are born into a certain social class and cannot change it.
Sexism: A system in which people are treated differently based on their gender.
Homophobia: A system in which people are discriminated against based on their sexual orientation.
Ableism: A system in which people with disabilities are discriminated against or excluded by non-disabled people.
Ageism: A system in which people are discriminated against or excluded based on their age.
Xenophobia: A system in which people are discriminated against or excluded based on their nationality or ethnicity.
"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."