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Power: Session 5 POL 100 Introduction To Political Science Mahvish Ahmad

The document discusses three faces or types of power: actual power, conflictual power, and relational power. It asks students to define these three faces and their foundational assumptions. Examples are provided about the power of Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, and Sunday's demonstrators. The document also discusses the differences between actual and potential power, conflictual versus consensual power, and relational versus individual power. It provides examples and asks students to discuss who or what has the most power in the world and Pakistan today.

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Power: Session 5 POL 100 Introduction To Political Science Mahvish Ahmad

The document discusses three faces or types of power: actual power, conflictual power, and relational power. It asks students to define these three faces and their foundational assumptions. Examples are provided about the power of Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, and Sunday's demonstrators. The document also discusses the differences between actual and potential power, conflictual versus consensual power, and relational versus individual power. It provides examples and asks students to discuss who or what has the most power in the world and Pakistan today.

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POWER

Session 5 POL 100 Introduction to Political Science Mahvish Ahmad

You have read about the three faces of power...


Defne these three faces... Ontology? Epistemology? Positivist

1. 2. 3.

Positivist/realist

Realist

Lets talk about some examples...

What power does Barack Obama have?

What power does Osama Bin Laden have?

What power do Sunday's demonstrators have?

Foundational assumptions in the three faces


Defne these three faces... Ontology? Epistemology? Positivist Actual Confictual Relational power Assumptions about power

1. 2. 3.

Positivist/realist

Realist

What is not included in our defnition of power?


Assumptions about power

Actual Confictual Relational power

Potential Consensual Individual empowerment

Actual versus Potential

The Soviet Army on the eastern front, before they marched into Germany. Showing their actual power,

The potential power of the US and the Soviets during the Cold War.

Actual versus Potential

Like the panopticon... Does this exist in your lives today? Michel Foucault was a smart guy who talked about technologies of power...

Confictual versus Consensual


(Or... Does a confict have to be taking place?)

He also spoke about the relation between power and knowledge

How does consensus and notions about the good life reproduce power in Pakistan?

Relational versus Individual

Does power only exist in relation to others? In e.g. women's movements to change gender relations.... Example: Women's Action Forum, HRCP, activist work, duputta burning

Or can it exist in current efforts by NGOs, and the development community to empower women to take control of their own lives? Example: Muhammad Yunus and microfinance

Discussion... 1. Who or what has the most power in the world today? Who or what has the most power in Pakistan today? 2. Why does this power exist? What enables this power? 3. How can this power be challenged or replaced?

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