...distinguished as a separate entity. One of the most widely accepted definitions of power is that of Max Weber. Power is the probability that one actor within a social...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability exists (cited in Gerth and Mills 1948:180). Recognizing that this definition...

...to the way many theorists have traditionally sought to define power as such. From Max Weber (1947): Power is the probability that one actor within a social...be in a position to carry out his own will despite the resistance of other participants. 79 PROPOSITIONS to Richard Tawney (1931): Power may be defined...

...along or brought about in the conversation. Power and Language Ng and Bradac (1993: 4) define power as 'the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his or her own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests'. Power...

..."Power" is highly amorphous, but except as noted, I follow Max Weber's older but useful definition: "Power is the probability that one actor within a...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests." The Theory of Social and Econojnic Organization, trans. AM Henderson...

...One of the classic twentieth century interpretations of power is Weber's (1947: 152): 'Power' (Macht) is the probability that one actor within a social...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests. Let us compare this with the definition of power given by Brown and...

...Economic Organization (New York: Free Press, 1964), 152-53, where Weber states that " 'power' (Macht) is the probability that one actor within a social...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests," while authority is to be understood as "the legitimate exercise of...

...Max Weber provides us with two slightly different definitions of power (Macht). Power, he first says, 'is the probability that one actor within a social...relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will' (Weber 1978, 1: 53), Later on in the book, power becomes 'the chance of a human being or a group of...

...some areas of classical theory, power is associated with resistance. Weber (1978: 53) declared that power is 'the probability that one actor within a...relationship will be in a position to carry out his will despite resistance'; power is 'the chance for a man or a number of men to realise their own will...

...definition of power, as this can be found in Weber's general sociology in Ch. 1 of Economy and Society, is "the probability that one actor within a social...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests" (£8:53; cf. the similar formulation in £8:926). According to Weber's...

...politics is about the exercise of power. The German sociologist. Max Weber (1864-1921), defined power as 'the probability that one actor within a social relationship...own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability exists'.2 For Weber, power, like politics, operates within a social context,...