PS282 Lecture 14: social power
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Control resources that can be used to bargain, reward, and punish. Includes setting meeting agendes and rules of the game . Expert power: power based on perceived knowledge, skill, or experience. Shape the definition of a public issue or conflict. An analysis of power is important in understanding social systems and interventions. Power is not all or nothing, its dimensional. Power is best understood in relationships and context. Power of a group to be involved in what affects them could be a focus of intervention itself. Power is not purely an internal state; it requires a capacity to influence others. Exercise power in the wider community or society, influencing decisions and helping to create comunity and macrosystem change. May or may not be empowering for members. Oster member participation and sharing of power in group decisions and actions. Interpersonal ties and reciprocal exchange of one on one and group support.
