Påverkan, utbyte och makt. En kritisk analys av några modeller och teorier om makt och interaktion.

• The following paper tries to integrate different theoretical explitions of the power concept. A distinction is mad between two types of power; power as an actual or possible causal process and power as actual or possible exchange of value (1). Certain assumptions of the assymmetric character of power is analysed and critizised (2). Dahl´s attempt to define and operationalized the causal interpretation of power is discussed in a following section (3). Homans, Thibaut & Kelley´s and Harsanyi´s theoretical models of interaction value exchange and power are critically analysed and compared and certain components of power are defined (Section 4-6). In the last section the applicability of these power models and power components are discussed and comparisons are made whit oteher theories of power dimensions and power relations.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

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vet (subject category)

rap (subject category)