SOC 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Protection Racket, Steven Lukes, Procedural Control

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: Bellin

Document Summary

Power: a near-universal feature of social life, but may be exercised (exerted) in different ways. Three faces/modes of power (acc to steven lukes): 1) getting someone to do something that s/he would not otherwise do. Weber: the chance of a man or a number of men to realize their own will in a social action even against the resistance of others . Accomplished via an overt contest: e. g. fistfights, elections. 2) suppressing options rather than expressing them the notions of agenda setting and procedural control. 3) a exercises power over b when a makes b act or think in a manner contrary to. Power here works through routines, role internalization, common sense, what is taken-for-granted, symbols, language long before grievances rise to the level of consciousness. Authority: a specific form of power that is seen as rightfully exercised, with legitimacy.