| Lec # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, Opening Discussion - How is power defined? Is it possible to use a single definition of power to describe a variety of social situations? - How do people get and use power? - How much power is lodged within personality and how much is part of the structure of the situation? - How does the use of power sometimes mystify the targets so that they do not recognize that power is being exerted? - Can power be equalized, or must some people always have more? - What is resistance? How might we identify resistance in situations of institutionalized power? | |
| I. Defining the Concept of Power: A Preliminary Analysis | ||
| 2-3 | What is Power? Action and Intention | |
| 4-6 | What Power is Not: Influence and Conformity | |
| 7-10 | Force: The Limiting Case | |
| 11-12 | Leadership and Charisma: Personal and Inspirational Power | First paper due on Lec #11 |
| 13-14 | Authority (1): The Ability to Command | |
| II. The Sources, Structure and Institutionalization of Power | ||
| 15-16 | Some Classical Views | |
| 17-18 | Modern Debates | Midterm exam |
| 19-20 | Authority (2): Power Redefined, Institutionalized, and Disciplined | |
| III. Institutionalized Power: Examples and Transformations | ||
| 21-22 | Bureaucratic Organizations and Entrepreneurial Corporations | |
| 23-24 | Modernity, Post-modern Colonialism, and The Global Community | |
| 25-26 | The Possibilities of Resistance | |
| 27 | Powersharing Can Power be Distributed Equally? | Final paper due |