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===Power dependence relations=== Several definitions of power have been offered by exchange theorists. For instance, some theorists view power as distinct from exchanges, some view it as a kind of exchange and others believe power is a medium of exchange.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Baldwin|first=David|title=Power and Social Exchange|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=72|issue=4|pages=1229β1242|jstor=1954536|doi=10.2307/1954536|year=1978|s2cid=147260934 }}</ref> However, the most useful definition of power is that proposed by Emerson,<ref name="Befu1977">{{cite journal |last=Befu |first=H. |year=1977 |title=Social Exchange |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume=6 |pages=255β81 |jstor=2949333 |doi=10.1146/annurev.an.06.100177.001351}}</ref> who developed a theory of power-dependence relations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Auld |first1=C. |last2=Case |first2=A. |title=Social exchange processes in leisure and non-leisure settings: A review and exploratory investigation |journal=Journal of Leisure Research |year=1997 |volume=29 |issue=2 |page=183 |doi= 10.1080/00222216.1997.11949793|bibcode=1997JLeiR..29..183A |url=http://js.sagamorepub.com/jlr/article/view/810 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> According to this theory, the dependence a person has on another brings up the concept of power.<ref name="West 2007 188" /> Power differentiation affects social structures by causing inequalities between members of different groups, such as an individual having superiority over another.<ref name=Zafirovski>{{cite journal |last=Zafirovski |first=Milan |title=Social Exchange Theory Under Scrutiny: A Positive Critique of its Economic-Behaviorist Formulations |journal=Electronic Journal of Sociology |year=2005 |url=http://www.sociology.org/content/2005/tier2/SETheory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103311/http://www.sociology.org/content/2005/tier2/SETheory.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> Power within the theory is governed by two variables : the structure of power in exchange networks and strategic use.<ref name="Zafirovski" /> Experimental data show that the position an actor occupies in a social exchange network determines relative dependence and therefore power.<ref>(Stolte and Emerson, 1976)</ref> According to Thibaut and Kelley, there are two types of power: fate control and behavior control. Fate control is the ability to affect a partner's outcomes.<ref name="West 2007 188"/> Behavior control is the power to cause another's behavior to change by changing one's own behavior.<ref name="West 2007 188"/>
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