What is Political Power?

Power is the central theme in political science. Weber said that that power is the capacity to carry out one's will despite resistance. Machiavelli believed in a goal-oriented expression of power. Marx believed that power was the oppressive force in the hands of the bourgeois state. Watch this video analyzing and answering the question : 'What is Political Power?'

Major themes discussed :
00:00 : Introduction
00:38 : Machiavelli's view on power
01:49 : Who wields power in a society?
02:04 : Negative liberal state
02:55 : How positive liberalism started to grow after Industrial Revolution
04:22 : Power distribution in a negative liberal state
06:58 : Marx's suggestion to overcome the demerits of a negative liberal state and Lenin's implementation of Marxist ideas
09:28 : Duverger's Iron Law of Oligarchy
10:45 : Gramsci & Foucault's views on power
11:46 : Weber's definition of power
12:39 : Conclusion

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[tomokiotani]

I'm studying a masters degree in IR and this is probably one of the best lectures in my almost 6 years at Uni. You are great Mr. Narrator, you keep doing you.

[ultravioletiris]

Iron Law of Oligarchy was Robert Michels . Duverger’s law has to do with 2-party systems in single-ballot plurality-rule elections.
Otherwise great presentation 👏🏿

[vivianagonzalez]

very helpful! Was John Mearsheimer who said that "power is the currency of politics"?

[dipakkumarbebiria]

how to philosophize this political power ?

[miguelparapan]

Stay back... i have the power.. Political Power!

[kingdavid]

Great video.in what book or piece of work did Kautiyla state 'destroy you enemy completely'. really interested in reading it.