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Luke's Three Dimensions Of Power
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"Power serves to create power. Powerlessness serves to re-enforce
powerlessness"(Gaventa,1980:256). Such is the essence of the on going
relationship between the Powerful and the Powerless of the Appalachian Valley
where acquiescence of the repressed has become .... Middle of Essay
.... of the "total impact of power upon the
actions [or inactions] and conceptions of the powerless"(Gaventa:256)
This essay will examine Luke's three power dimensions and their
applicability to Gaventa's account of the inequities found in the valleys of the
Cumberland Mountains. Reasons for the mountain people's submission and non-
participation will be recognized and their nexus with the power relationship
established. In this way, Gaventa's dissatisfaction with the pluralist approach
will be justified and the emphatic ability of the other two dimensions to
withhold issues and shape behaviour will be verified as principal agents of
Power and Powe ....
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