Places and forms of power

Power: a right or an authority given or delegated to a person or a body.

The notion of power generally implies a basic division between those who have
and exercise power and those who have none or little of it.
As a consequence, the exercise of power within a community requires that its
members accept or even internalize a complex system of relations, laws, rules
and regulations.
Moreover they must respect symbols such as specific places like a court, a
parliament, a prison, a castle etc.
This helps to create social cohesion on the one hand but, on the other hand, it
reveals quite clearly the conflicts and tensions existing within the group.
Indeed, even when authority seems absolute, there always are counter powers
which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it, as for instance the
militants of the ANC who fought against the domination of the Apartheid in
South Africa.

Places and forms of power

Power: a ............... or an ............... given or delegated to a person or a body.
The notion of power generally implies a basic ............... between those who have
and ............... power and those who have ............... or little of it.
As a consequence, the exercise of power within a ............... requires that its
members ............... or even ............... a complex system of ..............., ...............,
............... and ................
Moreover they must respect ............... such as specific ............... like a ...............,
a ..............., a ..............., etc.
This helps to create ............... ............... on the one hand but, on the other hand, it
reveals quite clearly the ............... and ............... existing within the group.
Indeed, even when ............... seems ..............., there always are ...............
............... which ............... it, aim at ............... its excesses and ............... it, as for
instance the militants of the ANC who fought against the domination of the
Apartheid in South Africa.

Words missing: relations / places / cohesion / powers / right / symbols /

community / tensions / authority x2 / exercise / internalize / limiting / court /
absolute / division / resist / laws / social / conflicts / none / counter / accept /
question / rules / parliament / regulations / prison

4. Spaces and Exchanges

This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the
interactions between men and different societies. Our world is built on the exploration and conquest
of new spaces. The different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped
and characterised our modern-day world.
Examples can be:
- Trade (the basis of all societies)
- Working conditions (telecommuting, internet)
- Globalization (the world has become a small village)
- School and education (social diversity / knowledge) comparison of the different educational systems
- The Internet / social networks
- the movement of people: Immigration
- movement across borders (Gap Year)