Michel Foucault approached the issue of power with different perspective from the traditional theories. In traditional approaches, power is considered to be something that can be possessed: individuals or states have power but some have more than others. For example liberal theory sees power as something that is established by a social contract. According to Marxism, power is a function of class domination that rests on the control of economic factors. Foucault conceptualized the traditional power as ‘juridico-discursive” where power comes from above, from a sovereign. He suggests a new way of thinking about power. According to Foucault, “power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.” What is alluded to here is that power should not be seen as something that preexisting entities possess but as something generated in relationships. Therefore, according to Foucault, there is no power, but there are power relations.