User:Madison Roy/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Power (social and political)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen to evaluate this article on social and political power, as it felt appropriate to explore in relation to the material that I am covering in my Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities course. Understanding the social and political implications of the concept of power is important when studying how humans interact and what they are capable of. I found this article to be very informative and interesting, as it encapsulated both coercive and noncoercive uses of power.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of this article was clear and informative. I found that, given the detail level of the article, the lead section contained an appropriate level of detail. The content of the article is up-to-date and neutral, but the organization of the article itself was very heavily dominated by theories of power. Though the theories are very important to the concept itself, it felt as though other aspects of power, like psychological research and effects of power, were minimized as a result. Similarly, the talk page contained many unanswered questions from nearly two decades ago, and seemed to be rather short. A strength of the article was its extensive list of sourced material and clear references section.