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Paralleling these four faces of [[power]], there are four ways of thinking about resistance to power over:
Paralleling these four faces of [[power]], there are four ways of thinking about resistance to power over:
# refusal
# Refusal
# voice
# Voice
# escape
# Escape
# creation
# Creation




[[Category:Theory]]
[[Category:Theory]]

Revision as of 00:12, 29 July 2010

Power over refers to the ability to get others to do things they would not ordinarily want to do. This type of power has four faces:

  1. Persuasion
  2. Punishment
  3. Rewards
  4. Force

Paralleling these four faces of power, there are four ways of thinking about resistance to power over:

  1. Refusal
  2. Voice
  3. Escape
  4. Creation