Political Science · Political Theory
Which view of power considers power as empowerment?
AConventional view
BNon-conventional view ✓ Correct
CBoth the conventional and non-conventional views
DNeither view
Correct answer: (B) Non-conventional view — The non-conventional view considers power as empowerment, so the answer is the non-conventional view.
Explanation
★The non-conventional view considers power as empowerment, so the answer is the non-conventional view.
★The conventional view sees power as power over others, the ability to make them obey.
★The non-conventional view sees power as power to, the capacity to act and to enable.
★On this view power can be shared and can build up the agency of people.
★Empowerment means increasing people's ability to control their own lives.
★Feminist and Foucauldian theories develop this enabling sense of power.
★Thus power is not only domination but also collective and creative capacity.
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