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Comparison of "Power and the Social" by Sallie Westwood and Steven Lukes' "Power: A Radical View"
Soziologie - Klassiker und Theorierichtungen


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Department of Economics
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Power in Society (SSC011)
Comparison of Power and the Social by Sallie Westwood
and Steven Lukes, Power: A Radical View.
Valentin Kauth
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Contents
1. Introductory remarks ... - 1 -
2. Steven Lukes' "Power: A Radical View" ... - 1 -
3. Critique on Lukes account of power ... - 4 -
4. Sallie Westwood's "Power and the Social" ... - 6 -
5. Critique on Sallie Westwood's "Power and the Social" ... - 7 -
6. Comparison and conclusion ... - 8 -
Bibliography... - 10 -
- 1 -
1. Introductory remarks
Power has always been of a central meaning for the society as it is inherent in any social resp.
political or economic relations. This concerns any kind of society, from the simple, primitive
clans of hunter- gatherers, which are only segmentary differentiated to the highly
differentiated societies of today´s industrial nations. Of course the importance of power
relations has grown together with the amount of different social positons. According to its
importance, it is a controversially discussed issue in many sciences. Psychology, Sociology,
Philosophy and the economic sciences offer a large variety of different theories to explain its
diverse aspects. One of the most influential concepts of power has been developed by Steven
Lukes in his work "Power: A Radical View". The following text will compare and contrast
this book with Sallie Westwood´s "Power and the Social". In the process, theoretical
arguments and conclusions of both texts will initially be introduced followed by a
consideration of several objections to each book.
2. Steven Lukes' "Power: A Radical View"
In 1974, Steven Lukes published his book "Power: A radical View". Despite its size of no
more than 60 pages, it still had an enormous impact and provided material for further
discussions and academic debates on the concept of power, as well as empiric research.
However, his approach has been outmost controversially discussed and criticised. In a
response to this, he published the second edition in 2005. There, he made concessions to
criticism but also vindicated himself and still defends a revised version of his model.
However, in the following text, I will refer mainly to Lukes` 1974 essay, in which he first
criticised the theoretical views of power which have been dominant in the earlier part of the
twentieth century, that is to say, the one- dimensional and the two- dimensional accounts of
power. In the process of his critique on the previous accounts, more importantly, he first
introduced his own three- dimensional approach.
To understand Lukes` objections, the one- and two- dimensional concepts shall first be
roughly explained:
N The one- dimensional view of power states that A has power over B to the extent that he
can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do respectively, power involves
a successful attempt by A to get B to do something he would not otherwise do. This
dimension is concerned with concrete and observable behaviour. It relates to overt
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Titel:
Power in society
Untertitel:
Comparison of "Power and the Social" by Sallie Westwood and Steven Lukes' "Power: A Radical View"
Veranstaltung:
Power in Society
Autor:
Val Kauth
Jahr:
2007
Seiten:
13
Archivnummer:
V115109
ISBN (eBook):
978-3-640-16708-1
ISBN (Buch):
978-3-640-16724-1
DOI:
10.3239/9783640167081
Dateigröße:
155 KB
Sprache:
Englisch

Schlagworte:
Power Society

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Val Kauth, 2007, Power in society , München, GRIN Verlag GmbH

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