SMF101 Final: SMF 101/206 Final Exam Notes

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5 key strategies for the normalization of power: Emergence vital statistics- how the government understand the population. Categorization and differentiation of population (how you differentiate and create differences between the population) It gets exercised during the relationship and constitutes the relationships between two people. Power is substantial and present in almost every single modern institution. You can always feel the presence of power, even if it is diffused. Governmentalized:the state has power and control over certain things. In order to do some things, the state requires you to have appropriate licensing. Biopower: control in our society is achieved through the direct and indirect repression of others. In modern society, normal is something you are expected to achieve. If this is not achieved, something in the society will push you to achieve that normalcy. This discipline to be normal makes yourself more useful to society.