Which of the 3 faces of power is most convincing?

Question

Doing an essay on the three faces of power and which is most applicable to society... Are there any sites online that can help me with enough content about steven lukes 3 faces of power without being a brief summary?

do you have any opinions on which is most applicable?

(decision making, agenda setting or thought control)

thanks

Answer 1

I am inclined to tell you to do your own homework.  But I will humor you a bit since this seems rather interesting.  But when you say "power" do you mean energy?  Or the power to control?  If you're talking about power in general, then here are what I beleive are the three major faces of power to be:

POWER OF LOVE:  

POWER OF HATE

POWER OF FAITH

Answer 2

EDIT:

Ok, I see what you are talking about now. I removed me previous answer and will put what I found about it instead.

Read up on Steven Lukes, he developed the theory behind the 3 faces of political power:

This theory claims that governments have three ways in which they control people: decision-making power, non decision-making power and ideological power. Decision-making power is the most public of the three faces and is the manner in which governments want to be seen: the power of governments to make policy decisions after widespread consultation with opposition parties and the wider public. Non decision-making power is the power that governments have to control the agenda in debates and make certain issues (such as the possible merits of Communism in the United States) unacceptable for discussion in moderate public forums. The third and most important face of power is ideological power, which is the power to influence people's wishes and thoughts and make them want things opposed to what would benefit them, such as women supporting a patriarchical society.