POWER RELATIONS
Few people would disagree with OLSEN (1970) That,like “energy in the physical world, power pervades all dynamic social phenomena.” Although power has been variously defined, most sociologists would agree with Max Weber’s definition of power as “the chance of a man or number of men to realize their own will in a communal action” (Gerth & Mills, 1946:180). Implicit in this definition is the notion that power c.lnnot be considered an attribute of any individual or group. Rather , it is defined as a relationship