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Introduction, Opening Discussion
- How is power defined? Is it possible to use a single definition of power to describe a variety of social situations?
- How do people get and use power?
- How much power is lodged within personality and how much is part of the structure of the situation?
- How does the use of power sometimes mystify the targets so that they do not recognize that power is being exerted?
- Can power be equalized, or must some people always have more?
- What is resistance? How might we identify resistance in situations of institutionalized power? |
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| I. Defining the Concept of Power: A Preliminary Analysis |
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What is Power? Action and Intention |
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What Power is Not: Influence and Conformity |
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Force: The Limiting Case |
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| 11-12 |
Leadership and Charisma: Personal and Inspirational Power |
First paper due on Lec #11 |
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Authority (1): The Ability to Command |
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| II. The Sources, Structure and Institutionalization of Power |
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Some Classical Views |
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Modern Debates |
Midterm exam |
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Authority (2): Power Redefined, Institutionalized, and Disciplined |
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| III. Institutionalized Power: Examples and Transformations |
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Bureaucratic Organizations and Entrepreneurial Corporations |
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Modernity, Post-modern Colonialism, and The Global Community |
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| 25-26 |
The Possibilities of Resistance |
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Powersharing
Can Power be Distributed Equally? |
Final paper due |