Introduction to Sociology Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #1320544

Which one of the followings is a right statement about power in society?


Power is a social relation where a person (or a group) controls others behaviors.

A certain person or group can never assert an unlimited power or have control mechanisms over others.

Power is a concept that is merely limited to political domain

Power always need consent or strain.

Power never use force and violence arbitrarily.


Yanıt Açıklaması:

Power is a social relation indeed. As Veysel Bozkurt (2006: 214) defines “power is a social relation where a person (or a group) controls others behaviors”. However, in most of the definitions of power, there is an assumption of mutual relationship. This might be often a unilateral relationship; sometimes a certain person or group may assert an unlimited power or have control mechanisms over others. In this regard, power is not a concept that is merely limited to political domain. Power relations can be seen in every social relation widely between parents and children, teachers and students, women and men, employers and employees. Power does not always need consent or strain, so power may use force and violence arbitrarily. The correct answer is A.

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