Power & Control

Question 1

Dahl (1957)

Answer 1

A has power over B to the extent that A can make B do anything B would not otherwise do

Question 2

Lukes (1974)

Answer 2

Faces of power:

• institutionalized
• non-decision making
• manipulation

Question 3

Pettigrew (1979)

Answer 3

Power is used to delegitimize demands of others by managing meaning

Question 4

French and Raven (1959)

Answer 4

Bases of power

• reward
• coercion
• referent
• legitimacy
• expert
• informational

Question 5

Crozier (1964)

Answer 5

Expert power: dependency and irreplaceability

- maintenance workers where the only ones with knowledge, removed any source of knowledge

Question 6

Goffman (1961)

Answer 6

Total Institutions
- extreme social distance between those in charge and the rest
- all human activities under same place and authority
Removing links with outside world

Question 7

Foucault (1977)

Answer 7

Normative power (4th face of power)
- bio-power
- disciplinary power
Difficult to identify and resist

Question 8

Barker (1993)

Answer 8

Self-managing teams
- peer surveillance and pressure, extensive self-discipline
Whole group is watching, enforcing norms

Question 9

Collinson (1999)

Answer 9

Oil rig ‘macho’ culture

• Total institution: safety as surveillance measure
• safety not promoted because of macho culture: falsifying records (no blaming or group punishments)

Question 10

Milgram (1963)

Answer 10

Electrical shock experiment

- Obedience to authority

Question 11

Zimbardo (1971)

Answer 11

Standford prison

- conformity in a total institution