Power
Definition
Social definitions of power.
Power is the ability to influence the behaviour of others. Can meet with resistance. Can result in a variety of persuasive or coercive actions.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (in a talk on the danger of a single story) ‘Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.’
Empowerment
Salge, Christoph, Cornelius Glackin, and Daniel Polani. “Empowerment: An Introduction.” In Guided Self-Organization: Inception, edited by Mikhail Prokopenko, 67–114. Berlin: Springer, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53734-9_4.
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