{"id":1019,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/examine-the-nature-and-meaning-of-power-upsc-psir-2020-0702\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:26","slug":"examine-the-nature-and-meaning-of-power-upsc-psir-2020-0702","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-nature-and-meaning-of-power-upsc-psir-2020-0702\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the nature and meaning of power."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Power = central concept of politics (\u201cmoney of economics\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> meaning settled, nature contested<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Lasswell<\/b>: shaping &amp; sharing of power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> politics = acquisition \/ exercise \/ resistance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> meaning vs nature<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Meaning = capacity to produce intended effects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dahl<\/b> + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Weber<\/b> (\u201cpower over\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> two presumptions: individual + domination <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> nature challenges both <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Coser<\/b>\u2019s two traditions (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Weber<\/b> domination \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Parsons<\/b> facility) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Arendt<\/b>: acting in concert, enabling <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> structural loci: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b> (class) \/ feminists (patriarchy) \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Foucault<\/b> (discourse) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Lukes<\/b>\u2019 three dimensions: decision-making <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> agenda-setting <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> thought-control (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b> hegemony) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> least observable<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Against the <b>Dahl-Weber<\/b> individual-and-domination reading: power as collective and enabling (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Arendt<\/b>), as structural (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b>, feminist, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Foucault<\/b>), and as hidden\/ideological (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Lukes<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Power is many-sided: \u201cover\u201d and \u201cto\u201d, visible and hidden \u2014 more than command<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Meaning stable (capacity for effects); nature plural and contested across agent, locus and visibility<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[52],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1019","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-power-authority-legitimacy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4613,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1019\/revisions\/4613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}