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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
# escape
# Escape
# creation
# Creation




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Latest revision as of 16:00, 23 August 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