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- 1PARSON'S VIEW OF POWERSince goals are shared by all members of society, power will generally be used in the furtherance of collective goals.
- 2GramsciOther Marxists have exaggerated hegemony, people experience dual consciousness
- 3WESTERGAARDWorkers fail to appreciate that they are underpaid and exploited. They are in a state of false class consciousness
- 4WHITEWestern culture and popular media sources are designed to please a broad spectrum whilst shocking no one
- 5Variable-sum view of powerFunctionalist- differs from Weber's view that there is a fixed amount of power. Power in society can increase.
- 6MARCUSEThe population are subdued through sterile forms of entertainment which encourage a one dimensional thought
- 7ALTHUSSERThe bourgeoisie use they economic power to define what counts as knowledge through use of superstructures
- 8STUART HALLPower is not a one way process as believed by other Marxists, pockets of resistance exist as expresses by symbolic resistance
- 9GIDDEN'S CRITIQUE OF PARSON'SParson's fails to understand the exercise of power is used to further the interest of the individual rather than society. Parson's ignores deliberately the hierarchal character of power and divisions of interests.
- 10MANN'S CRITICISM OF MARXIST THEORY OF POWERdisagrees that the bourgeoisie dominates society. No single interest group is able to monopolise power.
- 11MANN'S FOUR SOURCES OF POWER1- ECONOMIC POWER
based on wealth and property ownership
2- IDEOLOGICAL POWER
power over ideas and beliefs
3- MILITARY POWER
powerful military elites
4- POLITICAL POWER
exercised by states over citizens. political power from elections - 12ABERCROMBIE'S EVALUATION OF MARXISMCapitalism is characterised by conflicts between interests.
False Class Consciousness may not exist. such workers may express resistance through strikes and membership of trade unions - 13MAIN POSTSTRUCTURALIST POINTMICHEL FOUCAULT
- 14MICHEL FOUCAULT KEY FEATURESKnowledge is power.
Resistance to power is inevitable.
Power relationships are evident in all levels of society. - 15MICHEL FOUCAULTPower is NOT concentrated in one place.
Power is linked with knowledge. Attempts are made by states and other authorities to govern, manipulate and control behaviour. Disciplinary power is more effective than coercion - 16WHAT IS A DISCOURSEWays of talking and thinking that dominates how society see's, describes and thinks about how we should live our lives.
- 17WHAT IS A DISCOURSEWays of talking and thinking that dominates how society see's, describes and thinks about how we should live our lives.
- 18WHAT IS DISCIPLINARY POWERWe monitor our own behaviour because we know we are being watched and judged by society. More effective than coercion.
- 19WHAT IS BIO-POWERBio-Power is concerned with controlling the body and how it is perceived by the general population.
- 20WHAT ARETHE TYPES OF FEMINISMRADICAL FEMINISM
MARXIST FEMINISM
LIBERAL FEMINISM
POSTMODERN FEMINISM (POST FEMINISM) - 21WHAT ARETHE TYPES OF FEMINISMRADICAL FEMINISM
MARXIST FEMINISM
LIBERAL FEMINISM
POSTMODERN FEMINISM (POST FEMINISM) - 22RADICAL FEMINISTSSociety is patriarchal.
Men are the ruling class and women are the oppressed class.
Little has changed for women, they have always been exploited, the only thing that will bring women's liberation is revolutionary change. - 23MILLETRelationships of domination and subordination can exist at work, politics and in every expect of life.
Patriarchy is the most fundamental concept of power. Much more rigorous that class stratification. - 24MARXIST FEMINISTSDo not attribute women's exploitation entirely to men. They see Capitalism rather than Patriarchy as being the principle source of women's oppression. Men benefit from women's unpaid work as housewives, it is primarily capitalists who gain from it the most.
- 25LIBERAL FEMINISTSLeast radical.
Their main aim is the creation of equal opportunities, particularly in education and work. They are optimistic about the future. - 26POSTMODERN FEMINISTSReject the idea expressed in older feminist theories. they reject the possibility of a general theory and of a recipe for improving society.
- 27WHAT IS A GLASS CEILINGWomen are prevented from getting high stays jobs because of discrimination by male employers.
- 28ROWBOTHAM'S CRITIQUE OF MILLETSMillets claim that men exploit women is exaggerated as it implies men and women cannot have any form of loving relationship without a form of male exploration. The relationship between men and women is not always characterised by power inequalities.
- 29MAX WEBER'S THREE TYPES OF AUTHORITY1- CHARISMATIC
e.g. Political leaders
2-TRADITIONAL
e.g. Royalty
3-RATIONAL-LEGAL
e.g. law enforced such as a police officer - 30RUBINWomen can exercise power through a series of strategies focusing on micro processes of power.
- 31WESTWOODAnalysis of Diana.
Diana was able to exercise power subtly by presenting herself as a victim. - 32FORMS OF POWER HALF WAY BETWEEN COERCION AND AUTHORITYINFLUENCE AND MANIPULATION
- 33MAX WEBERZero-sum view of power.
Those who hod power do so at the expense of others.
Fixed amount of power.
Power is used to benefit the individual
over the majority.
Three types of authority.
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