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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:
'''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:
# Persuasion
# Persuasion
# Punishment
# Punishment
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# Force
# Force


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

Revision as of 00:10, 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