Power: towards a third generation definition
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Power: towards a third generation definition | |
| Creator | Zaaiman, J. | |
| Description | Power is a well-established concept in the social sciences especially in the political sciences. Although it is widely used in scientific discourse, different definitions and perspectives prevail with regard to it. This article aims to explore the possibilities of taking the debate further towards a third generation definition of social power. Although first generation definitions (associated with Weber and Dahl) and second generation definitions (associated with inter alia Giddens and Morriss) are still widely used in the academic field, they do not reflect the depth of the continuous debate on the concept of power. Viewpoints, especially with regard to agency and freedom, are not reflected in current definitions. To this can also be added the important dynamic relationship between power and change. This article summarises the important aspects of power debates relevant for defining power and discusses possible ways in which this can be accommodated in a definition of power. The current debate on the relationship between power and change is also reinterpreted with regard to defining social power. The article concludes by proposing necessary aspects of a third generation definition of power and suggests such a definition. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-07-27 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koers.v72i3.207 | |
| Source | Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 72, No 3 (2007); 357-376 2304-8557 0023-270X | |
| Language | eng | |
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