@article{Sechandice_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Technique 39: Power}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-39-power}, abstractNote={Teaching objectives/Student Learning Outcomes: This is a multi-part exercise designed to illustrate two implications of Max Weber’s (1947: 152) classic definition of power as "the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance." These implications are: (1) Power is a relational phenomenon, rather than an attribute of individuals; (2) Power can be measured empirically, and only indirectly, by observing outcomes of social interactions. The exercise demonstrates the elusive nature of power as an unobservable social fact with observable effects and an intersubjective reality, and it does so by collecting data from the students themselves.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Sechandice, Aristide}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }