Imp Definition Flashcards
(35 cards)
Who defined power as the ability to influence the behavior of others?
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A has power over B to the extent that A can get B to do something which B would not have done otherwise.
Robert Dahl
power is the ability to enforce one’s will even against resistance.
Max Webber
Who described power as rational rather than a possession.
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Power as normalization and subjection through governble identities.
Michel Foucault 💀
The ability to shape preferences and control outcomes.
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Power as structural arrangements in which perceptions of people are shaped to perpetuate domination without any observable conflict. ♥️
Stephen Lukes
Who emphasized the concept of soft power?
Joseph Nye
Who viewed power as a zero-sum game.
Thomas Hobbes
Power is the central principle of international politics.
Hans Morgenthau
Who argued that power is the capacity to achieve desired outcomes?
David Baldwin
What does John Locke associate power with?
Natural rights and the consent of the governed.
Power is the art of possible
Otto Von Bismark
Who said Power is about ____influence____ in decision-making.
Robert Dahl
Who described power as the ability to command resources?
Kenneth Waltz
What is the main idea behind power in the context of realism?
Power is the primary currency of international relations.
Who proposed the concept of ‘power over’ versus ‘power to’?
Mary Parker Follett
Politics is about who gets What, when and how.
Herold Lasswell
What is the focus of feminist theories on power?
The gendered nature of power relations.
Politics as capacity of acting in concert
Hannah Ardent
Politics as authoritative allocation of value.
David Easton
Politics is concerned creating a _just society _and ensuring ‘good life’ of the community.
Aristotle
Who introduced the concept of ‘network power’?
Manuel Castells
Politics is like one group of person controlled by another.
Kate Millet
Politics as General arrangements of a set of people whom “chance and choice” have brought together.
Oakeshott
Power is about interdependence in global governance.
Robert Keohane
Who argued that power is relational and exists in social interactions?
Judith Butler
