Locations & Forms of Power
In politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together members of a community accept rules, regulations, laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always counter-powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it.
Examples can be:
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the power of the media (reality tv, internet v written press)
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Financial power (the power of money)
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Inequalities between blacks and whites – the fight against oppression and segregation (South Africa, USA)
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The American Dream
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The Civil Rights movement and political recognition : Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X (can also be linked to the notion of Myths and Heroes)