The document summarizes the power structure in rural Bangladesh over different decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. It discusses four types of leadership that held power in the 1960s: landlords, lineage inheritance, religious leaders, and locally elected leaders. It then analyzes how the bases of power shifted over subsequent decades to include factors like association with state administration, ownership of modern technology, local government, cooperatives, education, economic power, and politics. The document presents a hierarchy of power from top influential leaders to common people and discusses internal bases like material wealth and connections as well as external bases such as political links and jobs.

1. POWER STRUCTURE
• Power means to influence people
• Against the will of other
• Everyone holds power
• One of the attention of society
• Whether it is smaller or bigger

2. ACCORDINGTO KARL MARX,
“THE SITUATION OF RURAL CLASS,THEIR METHOD,
RELATION,LAW OF CLASS IS DIFFERENT ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES &THEWAY FLURISHTHE SOCIAL &
ECONOMIC POWERTHAT’S SHAPETHE POWER
STTRUCTURE

3. According toWeber,
The people who influence rural
protection, administration & judicial
system they form rural power
structure

4. Historical Evaluation of power strategy in
rural area in Bangladesh
Sixties
Four types of leadership hold power:
• Land ownership Those are landlord , they hold
power
• Lineage only inheritance , most off people
support.

5. • Moulovi /Molla Power of moulovi,we
can see the lalsalu

6. • Local Elected Leaders Whose are elected
locally
•NOTE: One or more person can bear
almost all virtue one or more power are
goes to them , they maintain power
structure

7. Seventies
•Land ownership
•Association will state & Administration
•Ownership of modern technology
•Green revolution
•Modern technology
•Religious values

8. Eighties
• Local Government
• Co-operative
• Association Police
• Administration
• Dealership
• Employment
• Political party

9. Nineties
•Economic power(Agricultural + Non Agricultural)
•Politics:Have to involve politics,without participating
politics cannot show the power
•Tout & Muscleman:Improving politics need tout &
muscle man
•Education

10. Hierarchy of Power
Structure

11. Top influential leader
Influential person
Worker
Common people

12. Basis of Power

13. Internal basis of power
•Material –Land, Money
•Non material-Linkage

14. External basis of power
•Political linkage
•Prestigious job
•Connection withThana level
•Dealership of fertilizer
•Control over information
•Knowledge & Experience

15. •THANKS ALL