WebPower most often refers to: Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" Engine power, the power put out by an engine; ... Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 sociology book by Bertrand Russell; Music Albums. Power (Alex Newell EP), 2016; Power (Barrabás album), 1973; Power (Boys Noize album), 2009; Power (Ice-T album), 1988;

WebIn statistics, a power law is a functional relationship between two quantities, where a relative change in one quantity results in a proportional relative change in the other quantity, independent of the initial size of those quantities: one quantity varies as a power of another. For instance, considering the area of a square in terms of the length of its side, if the …

WebPolitical sociology is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with exploring how governance and society interact and influence one another at the micro to macro levels of analysis.Interested in the social causes and consequences of how power is distributed and changes throughout and amongst societies, political sociology's focus ranges across …

WebThe sociology of space is a sub-discipline of sociology that mostly borrows from theories developed within the discipline of geography, including the sub fields of human geography, economic geography, and feminist geography.The "sociology" of space examines the social and material constitution of spaces. It is concerned with understanding the social …

WebIn political sociology, but also operative within the rest of the animal kingdom, a power structure is a hierarchy of competence or aggression (might) predicated on influence between an individual and other entities in a group. A power structure focuses on the way power and authority is related between people within groups such as a government, …

WebCulture (/ ˈ k ʌ l tʃ ər /) is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups. Culture is often originated from or attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture …

WebIn sociology, habitus (/ ˈ h æ b ɪ t ə s /) consists of socially-ingrained habits, skills, and dispositions.It is the way that individuals perceive the social world around them and react to it. These dispositions are usually shared by people with similar backgrounds (such as social class, religion, nationality, ethnicity, education and profession) and opportunities.

WebIn sociology, the term rationalization was coined by Max Weber, a German sociologist, jurist, and economist. Rationalization (or rationalisation) is the replacement of traditions, values, and emotions as motivators for behaviour in society with concepts based on rationality and reason. The term rational is seen in the context of people, their …

WebThe Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro.The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses' use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the …

WebIn Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who manipulate the culture of that society—the beliefs and explanations, perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of the ruling class becomes the accepted cultural norm. As the universal dominant ideology, the ruling-class worldview …