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Political Sociology

Concept of Power

Department of Sociology

CCS UNIV. MEERUT

 Max Weber, Talcott Parsons

 & Karl Marx

Neha Garg

Teaching Assistant

Department of Sociology

CONCEPT OF POWER:-

 Introduction:- Power is the probability that

one actor within a social relationship will will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance regardless of the basis on which this probability rests.

 DEFINATION OF POWER:-

Max weber has define power as the chance of a man or a number of men to realise their own will in a communal action even against the resistance of others who are participating in the action. Power is therefore is an aspect of social relationship.

Types of Power:-

• Positive power
• Legitimate power
• Reward power
• Referent power
• Expert power Sources or Bases of Power:-
• Knowledge
• Possessions and achievement
• Organisation
• Form
• Self-confidence
• Authority
• Thoughts and actions
• Circumstances

Concept of Power by Max weber, Talcott Parsons, Karlmarx

Views of power given by Max weber, Parsons and Karl

Marx.

Weber definition of power does views is sometime

known as constant sum concept of power since the amount

of power is constant power is hold by an individual or

group to the extent that is not hold by others.

Talcott parsons reject the constant sum concept of

power and the view that power is employed in the

furtherance of sectional interest this view is sometime

known as variable some concept of power. Power in society

is not seen as fixed or constant it is variable in the sense it

can increase or decrease.

Conclusions:-

Imperative control is a probability that a command with the given specific content will be obeyed by given group of persons .Thus power manifest in decision making and exist in social relationships Weber closely linked power with legitimacy to him class status and party are three dimensions of stratification in society. weber did not give much emphasize on it is normal phenomenon to distinguish between charismatic traditional legal rational types of domination. Parsons viewed power is generated by social system in much the same as wealth generated in this productive organisational economy. the parallels which parson developed between power and money was based upon the supposition that each had similar role in the two of the four function subsystems of the social system evolved by persons.

References:-

Weber , Max 1947 – The Theory of Social and Economic Organisation, NewYork, Macmillan Haralambos M- Sociology Themes and Perspectives, Oxford University, Press