Accordingly one finds in political science, in sociology, and in social psychology a variety of distinctions among different types of social power or… - John R. P. French

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Accordingly one finds in political science, in sociology, and in social psychology a variety of distinctions among different types of social power or among qualitatively different processes of social influence... Our main purpose is to identify the major types of power and to define them systematically so that we may compare them according to the changes which they produce and the other effects which accompany the use of power.