More tightly integrated than leading books in the field of power relations, focuses on two-person interactions. A full explanation of the terms "power" and "influence" is followed by an analysis of the major variables in connections between two persons that must be taken into account in a scientific theory of social influence. The subsequent chapters respond to the categories established, attempting a comprehensive construction of social reality and offering suggestions and techniques for measuring and ordering its complexity. Particular areas of research and theory are isolated for consideration in depth—such topics as personality as a power construct ( by Henry L. Minton), influence in exchange theory ( by Andrew Michener and Robert W. Suchner), and leadership through charisma ( by Elaine Walster and Darcy Abrahams). In the final chapter, Tedeschi, Thomas Bonoma, and Barry R. Schlenker attempt to provide a general theory of social influence processes as they affect the target individual by reviewing the research literature in their own theoretical terms. This remarkable volume will be of interest to students as well as scholars in sociology, education, political science, criminal justice, and social psychology and those interested in the study of power and influence.