Social power and influence tactics: A theoretical introduction

This issue aims to demonstrate the practical value of studying a range of s ocial problems in interpersonal, intragroup, and intergroup situations from a perspective of power and influence processes. Irt doing so, it extends t he currently rapidly developing theoretical and experimental work on power and influence phenomena in a practical direction. This introductory article gives a brief historical overview of the area of social power and influenc e tactics by describing the core theoretical ideas.