Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Russell

• Traditional Power
• Naked Power
• Revolutionary Power
• Hereditary Power gentlemen

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Bertrand Russell

• Intellectual Power
• CEOs
• Political Power Machine/charisma

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Bertrand Russell

• Influencing individuals by power/rewards/influenci
  ng opinion
• Pig/donkey/performing animals

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Max Weber

• the probability that an actor in a social
  relationship will be in a position to carry out
  his own will despite resistance, regardless of
  the basis on which this probability rests

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Max Weber

• the chance of a man or a number of men to
  realize their own will even against the
  resistance of others who are participating in the
  action
• actual or hypothetical?

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Robert Dahl

• The Concept of Power
• A has the power over B to the extent that he can
  get B to do something that B would not otherwise
  do
• A manipulate B to do same thing in different way?
  run/jump

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Steven Lukes

• A Radical View
• Critique all Weber/Dahl talking about is power
  over something else behavioural
• 1-dimensional power

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Bachrach Baratz

• Two Faces of Power
• to the extent that a person or group
  consciously or unconsciously creates or
  reinforces barriers to the public airing of
  policy conflicts, that person or group has power

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Bachrach Baratz

• Key issues
• Coercion/influence/authority/force/
• manipulation
• Controlling the agenda government/media

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Steven Lukes

• A Radical View
• 3rd dimension power can shape modify beliefs
  desires in way individuals do not want and
  against their interests
• Who can control whom?

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Steven Lukes

• Make some more attractive at expense of others
• Newspapers cost or ban?
• Communist societies participation mass
  demonstrations/party membership

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1st Dimension

• Lukes, A Radical View
• Focus
• Behaviour
• Decision-making
• Issues
• Overt conflict
• Subjective interests

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2nd Dimension

• Focus
• Decision/non-decision making
• Issues potential issues
• Overt or covert conflict
• Subjective interests

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3rd Dimension

• Focus
• Decision-making control over agenda
• Issues potential issues
• Overt,covert latent conflict
• Subjective real interests

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Conclusions

• Russell multifaceted
• Weber recognise own will regardless of others
• Dahl control over someone else
• Bachrach Baratz ability to control agenda
• Lukes control even if against interests

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Conclusions

• 1-dimensional behavioural
• 2-dimensional decision/non-decision making
• 3-dimensional decision making control over
  agenda