Power Flashcards
What are the 4 natures of power?
- Power over
- Power to
- Power with
- Power within
This nature of power involves the ability to dominate and to enforce force, threat, coercion, discrimination, corruption, and abuse.
Power over
This nature of power involves the potential to shape their life and the world using resources such as intellect, resources, knowledge, stamina, etc.
Power to
This nature of power involves collaboration in order to acquire power.
Power with
This nature of power involves a person’s sense of self-worth and self-knowledge
Power within
What are the 3 dimensions of power?
- Power as decision making
- Power as agenda setting
- Power as preference shaping
This dimension of power involves having control or influence in an open and direct way.
Power as decision making
An example of this is the government making decisions for the people
This dimension of power involves preventing decisions being made or reducing the choices which can be made.
Power as agenda setting
This dimension of power involves influencing how individuals think about their place in the world. This shapes people’s beliefs, sense of self, and acceptance of their own superiority or inferiority.
Power as preference shaping
What are the 5 bases of power?
- Referent power
- Expert power
- Legitimate power
- Coercive power
- Reward power
This base of power comes from the power that people hold to persuade or influence others.
Referent Power
This base of power is derived from the holder’s specific skills or expertise.
Expert Power
This base of power comes from the power holder’s position and duties within an organization (being an official or officer).
Legitimate Power
This base of power arises from the power holder’s ability to punish or penalize an organization.
Coercive Power
This base of power comes from the power holder’s ability to give something of value, such as money, responsibility or praise.
Reward Power
What are the 6 sources of power?
- Authority
- Human resources
- Skills, knowledge, and talents
- Psychological factors
- Material resources
- Sanctions
This source of power involves the right to enforce obedience without question and it exists without the imposition of sanctions. This usually has legal bases.
Authority
This source of power refers to the number of persons who willingly render obedience and cooperation to someone.
Human resources
This source of power occurs when someone is believed to have expertise on something or has special abilities.
Skills, knowledge, and talents
This source of power refers to habits and attitudes toward obedience and submission, usually given voluntarily.
Psychological factors
This source of power stems from the degree to which a person controls property, natural resources, financial resources, the economic system, the means of communication, and transportation
Material resources
This source of power involves the punishments for not rendering obedience
Sanctions
What are the three fundamental powers of the state?
- Police Power
- Power of eminent domain
- taxation power
This fundamental power of the state outspaces the other two powers as it is the most pervasive and it regulates liberty of persons.
Police Power
What public needs does police power extend to?
- Public health
- Public morals
- Public safety
- Public welfare
This fundamental power of the state involves the ability to forcibly acquire property for public use with payment or compensation.
Power of eminent domain
What are the conditions of the power of eminent domain?
- taking of private property
- for public use
- just compensation
- observance of due process
This fundamental power of the state involves the government’s power to collect revenues to defray the necessary expenses of the government.
Taxation Power
What are the 4 essential points of taxes?
- enforced proportional contributions from persons and property
- levied by the state by virtue of its sovereignty
- for the support of the government
- for public needs
What are the similarities of these fundamental powers of the state?
- They are inherent in the state and may be exercised without express constitutional grant
- They are indispensable
- They are methods by which the state interferes with private rights
- They all require just compensation for the private rights interfered with
- All are exercised primarily by the legislature
What are the common limitations of these fundamental powers of the state?
- May not be exercised arbitrarily (based on random choice or personal whim)
- subject to the limitations and requirements of the constitution
Where is the bill of rights found?
Article III
