power
ability to influence the behavior of others
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Summary
power is a sociological concept[1]. power ranks in the top 10% of sociological concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,381 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: political concept[3], type of power[4]
- Subclass of: power[5]
- Opposite of: impotence[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Power (social and political)[7]
- Facet of: authority[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[9], Red Blue Translator[10]
- Partially coincident with: authority[11]
- Used by: governing body[12]
- Has effect: iron law of oligarchy[13], dictatorship[14]
- Different from: Power[15]
- Studied by: sociology[16], political sociology[17], political science[18]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[19]
- Significant person: Max Weber[20], Niklas Luhmann[21], Thucydides[22], Niccolò Machiavelli[23], Thomas Hobbes[24], Jakob Burckhard[25], Friedrich Nietzsche[26], Heinrich Popitz[27], Hannah Arendt[28], Michel Foucault[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
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Influence
Things named for power include Sūrat al-Mulk[31], a surah[32].
Why It Matters
power has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] power is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for power include Sūrat al-Mulk[31], a surah[32].