One of the oldest insights of sociologists of religion is that religions and national governments are drawn to each other. Nevertheless, the kind of power necessary for governments of nations is the ...

In 1959, social psychologists John French and Bertram Raven studied power, classifying five kinds: legitimate, reward, coercive, expert and referent. These power bases still figure prominently in ...

President Theodore Roosevelt addresses officers and crewmen of the USS Connecticut upon her return from the Atlantic Fleet’s cruise around the world, February 1909 (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr.

On June 30, the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, adopted the Law on Administrative Coercion at its 21st meeting. "The law stipulates specific ...

Reporting from Paris — Gov. Jerry Brown has been doing more than just touting California’s environmental policies here – he’s been making an explicit case for the power of government. It’s rare for a ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) raised some eyebrows while attending the United Nations Climate Summit in Paris, proclaiming the "coercive power of the central state" is needed to promote good public ...

Ambitious employees and aspiring leaders often ask me “How do I develop power?” and “Where does power come from?” Back in the late 1950s, psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven identified ...

Organizations are made up of individuals that exercise greater or lesser degrees of power. Sometimes, authority stems from a person's title in the organization, or from specialized knowledge and ...