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  • 2 - Interpretations and Fields of Application

  • from Part I - The Colours of Power
  • Alessandro Roncaglia, Sapienza Università di Roma
  • Book:
    Power and Inequality
    Published online:
    04 January 2024
    Print publication:
    18 January 2024, pp 11-26

  • Summary

    A brief illustration of past interpretations of power is followed by alternative definitions of power as differential of potential, as barrier to entry, as relative weight. Webers ideal types of power (legal, traditional, charismatic) are combined with the main areas of power (economy, politics, culture) in a scheme for attempting a characterization of different societies and their evolution in time. Cumulative processes and balancing processes in the evolution over time of the distribution of power in society are then considered.