Journal Article10.1177/0735275117709296
Chains of Power and Their Representation
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TL;DR: Power is the ability to send and bind someone else to act on one's behalf as discussed by the authors, a relation that depends upon habits of interpretation, i.e., the ability of sending and binding another person to do one's bidding.
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Abstract: Power is the ability to send and bind someone else to act on one’s behalf, a relation that depends upon habits of interpretation. For persons attempting to complete projects, power involves communi...
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