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Power and Group Processes
Author(s) -
Barbalet Jack M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1991.tb00164.x
Subject(s) - subordination (linguistics) , unitary state , constitution , power (physics) , fallacy , subject (documents) , sociology , epistemology , computer science , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , library science
Theoretical discussions of power assume that power alters the behavior but not the structure of participants. A significant consequence of subordination to power, however, is that the composition, constitution and structure of agents are transformed. After identifying the fallacy of the unitary subject it is argued, and demonstrated in a case study, that power involves a disunity of the subject. These points are then integrated into a discussion of the dimensions of power.