...who conforms with certain specific criteria.8 . . . Power, Authority, and Imperative Control "Power" (Macht) is the probability that one actor within a...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests. "Imperative control" (Herrschaft)9 is the...

...concepts that characterize the way in which decisions are made and carried out. Power, according to Weber, "is the probability that one actor within a social...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests" (1947: 152). When power rests on legitimacy...

...any brief definition of 'power' which is notably superior to that formulated by Max Weber: that power is 'the probability that one actor within a social...be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance...'.34 It has sometimes been remarked that there is no agreement among sociologists as to...

...Weber's concept of individual (or sectoral) "power (over)" — as "the probability that one actor in a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests" — Parsons's attack...

...the associated concepts of power and authority. Max Weber (1947) defined power as follows: "Power' (Macht) is the probability that one actor within a...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests" (p. 152). Authority is the right to effect...

...would in reality be far better served by the stronger Weberian definition. Weber maintains that power is 'the probability that one actor within a social...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis upon which this probability rests',8' and this would be congruent with the...

...out (Baldwin, 1999; Guzzini, 1998). The Problem of Intentions Max Weber (1947: 152) defined power as 'the probability that one actor within a social relationship...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests'. This definition clearly makes the intentions...

...1999; Guzzini, 1998). The Problem of lntentions Max Weber 11947; 152) defined power as 'the prohahility that one actor within a social relationship will be...position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the hasis on which this prohahility rests'. This definition clearly makes the intentions...

...sophisticated vocabulary of power, which is still influentiaL Building upon Weber's definition of power 'as the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests' (Weber 1978, p. 53),...

...basically conllict relations. The key determinant in social relations was power, which he defined as the "probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests." A more refined definition,...