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The definition of power, which is increasingly incorporated in sociological analyses, remains ambiguous. This paper attempts to elucidate the nature of power in two ways. First, the concept is explicated in terms of instrumental resources and infra-resources. The term "infra-resources" has been developed to incorporate perceptual and circumstantial aspects of power into theoretical analyses. Second, a strongly systematic orientation to power is developed in order to provide a sound theoretical basis for departures from static analyses of power and power-relevant phenomena.
Mary F. Rogers (1974) studied this question.