System Of Power Relations Research Articles

When Cows Become Heroes: The Construction of Animal Subjectivity and Environmental Sustainability in the Swedish Organic food Sector

An escalating consumption of animal products characterizes contemporary Western society, resulting in severe environmental consequences and heightened exploitation of animals. Among these issues, livestock production stands out as particularly detrimental due to its significant climate impact and land usage. Paradoxically, the Swedish organic food sector positions cattle as central to achieving sustainable food production. This article delves into the strategies employed by organic organizations to legitimize the consumption of cattle’s meat and dairy. The aim is to examine how Swedish organic organizations produce knowledge of sustainability, and how these sustainability constructions are intertwined with anthroparchy, a system of power relations between humans and cattle. Furthermore, the study investigates how cattle’s agencies and bodies are portrayed. Interviews, documents and media material from organic organizations in Sweden are analyzed to explore how carnism, norms of eating cattle’s meat and dairy, is maintained. The analytical framework applied is rooted in critical animal studies and draws inspiration from Foucauldian discourse analysis, examining the interplay between power and knowledge. The findings reveal that certain environmental aspects are emphasized to reinforce the norm of keeping cattle for food production, while other dimensions are overlooked. Organic organizations represent cows as active subjects transforming their environment to legitimize their status as consumable commodities. The findings also show how carnistic norms limit the organic sector’s ability to achieve environmental objectives. This study underscores how anthroparchy, the dominant power structures between humans and cattle, is reproduced in the Swedish organic context through sustainability discourses that emphasize the subjectivities of cattle.

Power Relations and Rural Population in Kuban-Black Sea Region during 1921—1924

The article examines the reforms in power relations between the government and rural population in the Kuban-Black Sea region during the transition to the New Economic Policy (March 1921—1924). The study is based on materials from party and state authorities, as well as statistics. A systemic approach and diachronic comparative analysis are applied. The authors argue that until the fall of 1922, the system of power relations with the rural population in Kuban-Black Sea region maintained the predominance of the features of “war communism”: compulsory and arbitrary taxation, appointment of governing bodies, and repression. The specificity of the region was manifested in the combination of class and estate divisions of society, as well as Cossackization. It is shown that the transition to the NEP required a fundamental change in power relations with the peasantry, shifting towards the principles of material interest and civil peace, making the middle class and Cossacks loyal. It is emphasized that attitudes towards the NEP were contradictory, with local party and Soviet workers preferring to rely on military-communist methods. The authors conclude that a contradictory system of power and social relations was formed based on compromises and indirect coercion during food and land policies and during elections to the Soviets. By the fall of 1924, the RCP(b) was forced to concede to peasant demands on key aspects of reform.

Transgender/nonbinary young adults’ exposure to cissexism-related social stressors: Variation across gender groups

BackgroundYoung adults who are transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) experience discrimination, violence, and other social stressors as a result of cissexism, the system of power relations that marginalizes people whose genders diverge from sociocultural expectations for the sex they were assigned at birth. However, variation in TNB young adults’ exposure to social stressors across gender groups, particularly specific nonbinary gender groups (e.g., agender, genderqueer), has not been well characterized. MethodsWe analyzed data from an online cross-sectional survey of U.S. TNB young adults (N = 667; ages 18–30 years; 44% White, 24% multiracial, 14% Black, 10% Latinx, 7% Asian, 1% another race/ethnicity), assessing gender non-affirmation; cissexist discrimination, rejection, and victimization; general discrimination; sexual assault victimization; and psychological, physical, and sexual abuse in childhood/adolescence. We used generalized linear models to test for variation in stressors across six gender groups (transgender woman [n = 259], transgender man [n = 141], agender [n = 36], gender fluid [n = 30], genderqueer [n = 51], nonbinary [n = 150]) and compare each group to the full sample. We performed similar analyses among nonbinary gender groups. ResultsExposure to stressors was considerable in all groups. Several stressors (e.g., past-year cissexist discrimination) did not vary significantly by gender group. Compared to the full sample, transgender women reported greater lifetime cissexist rejection and lifetime and past-year cissexist victimization. Compared to the full sample, transgender men and women reported greater lifetime cissexist discrimination and lower past-year gender non-affirmation. No stressors varied significantly across nonbinary gender groups. ConclusionAmong TNB young adults, women, men, and nonbinary people experience distinct patterns of some (though not all) stigma-related stressors. Decisions about (dis)aggregating research participants by gender group, or providing gender-tailored services for TNB people, should account for patterning of pertinent stressors. Efforts to eliminate structural cissexism should address intersections with other systems of power relations, including sexism and binary normativity.

Dynamics of subjective power status

The article presents the results of the analysis of the features of self-identification of Russian citizens in the power space of the post-Soviet society. The empirical base of the study is formed by the data of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE) by HSE University (1994–2020). The study revealed a positive, but very moderate and not always consistent dynamics of Russian citizens' assessments of their position in the power space. However, despite the fact that Russians have become more optimistic about their ability to influence current events, many of them still feel that they are not active subjects, but rather passive and helpless objects in the system of power relations. There has been established a significant negative, but not strong, correlation between self-assessment of power status and age, as well as a more significant positive correlation between subjective power status and the level of education and professional status closely related to it.
 Self-assessment of power status is enhanced by individuals´ belonging to professional groups, whose representatives are more associated with prestigious, highly skilled and highly paid work. A positive correlation has been established between a person's self-determination in the power space and the level of his involvement in professional activities, especially in those with leadership and management functions. A positive correlation is clearly recorded between self-assessment of power status and assessment of the level of respect by others, but the strongest is the relationship between assessments of one's position on the power scales and material well-being. Possession of power expands the resource base of an individual and increases his chances of success in realising life goals. A positive perception of one's professional qualities and achievements, participation in various forms of social and political life significantly increases self-assessment of power status. The most significant factors acting in the opposite direction include the cessation of full communication with other people.

Women in the system of power relations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The article deals with important and topical issues of the gender problem in the system of power relations, a comparative characteristic of the composition of deputies of regional parliaments of the Russian Federation is given. On the example of the northernmost region - the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the situation of women in power is analyzed, the comparative characteristics of the occupied share of women in regional and municipal parliaments, as well as their socio-political interests in career growth are described. Biographies of the most prominent representatives of the parliamentarians of Yakutia are presented, an attempt is made to study the participation of women deputies in the political life of the republic. The materials of the official Internet portal of legal information were used as a research method.

Становление народного контроля в СССР, формы и методы его осуществления (на примере деятельности Саратовской Рабоче-крестьянской инспекции первой половины 1920-х гг.)

Introduction. The study of the Soviet experience in the formation of the legal foundations of the welfare state, the involvement of workers in the management of public affairs, ensuring equality of rights, freedoms and opportunities for their implementation, is becoming increasingly relevant. The study of the experience of the organization and functioning of the institution of people’s control in the RSFSR and the early years of the USSR is of particular interest, since this institution was inextricably linked with the ideology of building a new type of the state, implemented in the system of socialist governance and was an example of the practical implementation of the principle of direct and permanent exercise of power by workers. Theoretical analysis. In the conditions of the developing Soviet state apparatus, there was a need to create a special system of bodies that would systematically monitor the activities of enterprises, organizations and institutions, monitor the execution of decrees and resolutions of the Soviet government. The ideas of combining state and public control were embodied in the creation of the legal basis for the activities of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection, which became a single body of socialist control. The RKIs were assigned duties of various legal nature: political, legal, administrative and economic control. Empirical analysis. The study of archival documents allowed us to consider the application of the mechanisms of formation and activity of the RKI bodies in the Saratov province in the early 1920s. The main problem of the creation and activity of RKI assistance groups during this period was the lack of understanding of the goals of their creation by workers and, as a result, the unwillingness of workers and especially peasants to take part in their work. RKI controllers usually had no experience in auditing activities, so their reports, as a rule, did not analyze the causes of the identified shortcomings, did not mention the measures taken. Most often the controllers recorded cases of mismanagement or abuse, without giving them any assessment. In the mid-1920s, the activities of the provincial and district RKIs acquired a planned character, the directions of control and audit activities were determined by the governing party bodies. Control measures in the period of 1924–1928 began to be carried out more consistently and professionally. Results. In the early 1920s, socialist control was of a syncretic state-public nature, and there was a search for forms and methods of its implementation. The Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection, by its political and legal nature, was an institutionalized result of the empirical development of the concept of socialist democracy, which outwardly reflected Lenin’s ideas of popular control in the system of governance of the Soviet state. This body fully met the needs of the new political system, which assumed a radical revision of the forms and methods of governance, including the pre-revolutionary methodology of control and supervision. The participation of the population in the processes of public administration was considered an integral element of state-building, which was to radically change the established system of power relations.

КОММУНИКАТИВНЫЕ СТРАТЕГИИ КОНСТРУИРОВАНИЯ КОНЦЕПТА «ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЕ БЛАГОПОЛУЧИЕ»

Актуальность. Установление закономерностей конструирования концепта «политическое благополучие» в плотной сети коммуникаций современной культуры является научной проблемой и позволяет сформировать новое междисциплинарное предметное поле в современных философско-культурологических исследованиях. Цель: выявить коммуникативные стратегии конструирования концепта «политическое благополучие», обусловленные закономерностями протекания процессов стереотипизации в социокультурных коммуникациях и особенностями познаваемости мира посредством его конструирования. В статье использован ряд методов, позволяющих осуществить философский и социально-психологический анализ сущности и взаимообусловленности концептов «благополучие» и «политика». На основе теории общественного мнения У. Липпмана исследуется роль стереотипов в конструировании концепта «политическое благополучие». Результаты: политическое благополучие рассматривается как переживание совокупности объективных обстоятельств, обусловленных системой властных отношений и институтов власти во взаимосвязи с субъективным состоянием. Конструирование концепта «политическое благополучие» напрямую связано с коммуникативными процессами как способами говорения о мире политики, которые характерны для различных социальных групп и влекут за собой различные социальные действия. В процессе конструирования ключевыми становятся две коммуникативные стратегии: в рамках первой формируется «образ для себя» – понимание политического благополучия как собственного блага, которое складывается из комплекса личных традиционных благ. Вторая коммуникативная стратегия – это «образ для других» (политико-культурные и иные реальности, обычаи, национальные мифы, символы, верования, стереотипы). В основе данной стратегии лежат механизмы формирования общественного мнения, особо подчеркивается значение процессов социальной стереотипизации. Выводы: конструирование концепта «политическое благополучие» осуществляется посредством двух коммуникативных стратегий. Парадоксальность ситуации в том, что концепт «политическое благополучие» в формате «образ для себя» в представлениях граждан строится на стереотипах формата «образ для других».

Combating Discrimination or Repoliticizing Sports? The Specifics of the Perception of Black Lives Matter in Sports-Fans Online Communities

This article is devoted to the study of the transformation of the processes of the politicization of sports. The authors show that the development of modern states naturally included sports in the system of power relations both at the domestic and foreign policy levels. At the beginning of the 21st century, a new form of this process was a kind of interpretation of racial discrimination, proposed in the framework of critical racial theory. The most striking embodiment of the ideology and practice of critical race theory was the BLM movement, whose actions were supported by a number of athletes and sports organizations causing a mixed reaction in the fan community. Based on both domestic and Western studies of the attitude of sports fans, we attempted to analyze the specifics of the perception of BLM actions of Russian fans in sports. The empirical basis of the study was the comments of fans on the forums of sports news agencies in 2020. The research hypothesis was based on the assumption that the study of online comments on the news about the participation or non-participation of Russian athletes in BLM events will reveal the unconscious attitudes and semantic framework for the perception of domestic sports fans of a new interpretation of the racial problem in sports. As a result of the analysis, there was a lack of unity in the assessment of BLM-shares in sports. Some fans support athletes in the fight against discrimination in sports, while some evaluate the actions of athletes negatively, and categorically do not accept their position. Here, on a mundane level, the illusory nature of BLM is recognized. The specifics of the social dimension of racism, which CRT insists on, are not understood by domestic fans; BLM actions appear to be an external phenomena in sports, primarily having a political dimension. Special attention should be paid to the pattern of Russia as a special space; because of the moral characteristics of the population and its specific mentality, discriminatory practices are historically generally uncharacteristic, and the fight against these discriminatory practices is irrelevant in the Russian fan community.

Інститут політичної опозиції.

The article analyzes the current trends in the development of the institution of political opposition. The evolution of conceptual ideas about the essence of the phenomenon of political opposition is revealed. In a consolidated democracy, the political opposition ensures the change of political forces and elite groups in the management of the state, personnel rotation in government structures, as well as the exercise of control over political power. Instead, in transitive political regimes, the role of the political opposition is growing significantly. The quality of the institution of political opposition precedes the potential for democratization of a particular regime. The right to political opposition is one of the fundamental elements of modern liberal democracy. The ability to openly criticize the ruling elite, to defend their alternative interests, to propose other political solutions, to win power by participating in political elections is guaranteed by law. In politics, opposition is defined as: opposition to the opinion of the majority or the dominant opinion in the legislative, party and other structures that declare their commitment to democratic procedures; contrasting one's political course with another.The importance of the institution of political opposition is due to the fact that the opposition is the potential government of tomorrow. The initial point is what place the opposition forces occupied in the system of power relations of the country, which way it came to power. Because over time, this affects the very nature of power, and how easily and painlessly the change of power will take place.It is concluded that under the regime of polyarchy and in transitive regimes, effective, strong opposition is the key to stability in the work of the entire state mechanism. The existence of the opposition creates a balance in the political system and protects the regime not only from authoritarian manifestations, but also from the influence of subjective factors in political decision-making by the government, parliament, and other government institutions.

Female Labor and Power in East Germany, 1945–1948

AbstractPower in the workplace is almost always conceptualized in terms of the line-management hierarchy. Managers are said to sit at the “top” of the pyramid, whilst shop-floor workers are located at the “bottom.” The language that we use to describe the social organization of the workplace is saturated with words that assign people to ranks within hierarchies. Scholarly analysis of the sociology of the workplace takes the pyramidality of power as a given. This article, by contrast, argues that it is more useful to see power in the workplace as a dynamic but horizontal matrix within which the distribution of power is continually in flux. If we are to understand the workplace experiences of any specific social group, it is necessary to reconstruct the position of that group relative to the overall system of power relations within the matrix, and not just to individual kinds of power relationship. To demonstrate the point, this article explores the case study of female workers in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany. Between 1945 and 1948, the experiences of women on the shop floor in East Germany were shaped by wider trends in the distribution of power. These included the transfer of power from German nationals to Soviet occupiers, the devolution of power from the center to the periphery and from the manager's office to workers on the shop floor, and the shift of relative power from wage earners to black marketeers. To make sense of the contradictory experiences of female workers, we must situate them in the context of wider shifts in, and conflicts over, the distribution of power within a matrix.

Implementation of standalone dynamic solar array fed permanent magnet synchronous motor drive using zero voltage switching resonant converter for the reduction of switching losses and oscillations

The Proposed research deals implementation of standalone dynamic solar array fed permanent magnet synchronous motor drive using zero voltage resonant switch converter for the reduction of switching losses and oscillations. The closed loop control voltage strategy has been proposed for power flow management between solar photovoltaic (PV), battery, motor load and to maintain constant load voltage to perform continuous MPPT operation of solar PV. For improving the efficiency and to reduce vibration across the load SPV array fed Zero Voltage Switching (DISOZVS) Resonant Converter with permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive is proposed. The DISOZVS resonant converter with suitable switching operation accomplishes for the purpose of reducing the Switching losses. The ZVS converter is constructed by a buck-boost circuit, which is operated as a buck circuit when charging and a boost circuit when discharging. So, we can use many power related systems, which improves efficiency, lower losses and higher performance. The various dynamics and oscillations of standalone SPV array is analysed in the proposed research. The performance of the proposed system is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink atmosphere and various parameters outputs are carried. A hardware prototype of the proposed system has been fabricated for the proposed converter and various analysis were incorporated. The working of the proposed scheme for the different levels of input solar insolation and Load power demand has been satisfactorily demonstrated for both simulation and experimental compared to conventional it results more efficient with reduced losses and oscillations.

Safety Analysis of AADL Models for Grid Cyber-Physical Systems via Model Checking of Stochastic Games

As safety-critical systems, grid cyber-physical systems (GCPSs) are required to ensure the safety of power-related systems. However, in many cases, GCPSs may be subject to uncertain and nondeterministic environmental hazards, as well as the variable quality of devices. They can cause failures and hazards in the whole system and may jeopardize system safety. Thus, it necessitates safety analysis for system safety assurance. This paper proposes an architecture-level safety analysis approach for GCPSs applying the probabilistic model-checking of stochastic games. GCPSs are modeled using Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL). Random errors and failures of a GCPS and nondeterministic environment behaviors are explicitly described with AADL annexes. A GCPS AADL model including the environment can be regarded as a game. To transform AADL models to stochastic multi-player games (SMGs) models, model transformation rules are proposed and the completeness and consistency of rules are proved. Property formulae are formulated for formal verification of GCPS SMG models, so that occurrence probabilities of failed states and hazards can be obtained for system-level safety analysis. Finally, a modified IEEE 9-bus system with grid elements that are power management systems is modeled and analyzed using the proposed approach.

Conceptual bases of the executive authorities study in the system of Ukraine state authorities

The article deals with the issue of scientific re­search analysis on the problems of executive state authorities. We indicate a suffi­cient number of scientific works within the theoretical jurisprudence, administrative and constitutional law. However, the emphasis was made on the need for a thorough rethinking of the legal nature of the executive authorities, its relationship with com­patible categories and its role and place in the overall system of power relations in the aspect of reforming the legal system in Ukraine.

Knowledge, Power and System in Hegel and Foucault: The Hegelian Impact on Foucault’s Theories of Power

AbstractThe following article will broach the issue of the relation between Hegel and Foucault based on the binomial knowledge-power. While for Hegel human knowledge comes with the development of consciousness, for Foucault the possibility of knowledge is articulated within a phenomenology of power. While for Hegel Bildung leads spirit to self-consciousness, Foucault initially considers formation to be connected to a forced correction. At first Foucault studies the problem of formation in view of the dynamics of power, as a faculty of repression; later he underlines that the exchange between the sovereign and the advisor positively influences the decisions of the latter, as well as their personal growth. Foucault points out the connection between truth and freedom, and emphasizes the fundamental role of parresia as a force to break the system of power relations.

The presidency place and functions in the democratic political system

It’s been established that the results of scientific research on the place and functions of the presidential institution in the political system of democratic societies point to the existence of certain gaps and insufficient disclosure of the issues raised. The existence of an internal socio-political crisis and the need for the development of a democratic state based on the rule of law and the appropriateness of studying the issue of the balance of powers of state institutions within the framework of constitutional engineering have been confirmed. It is noted that at the present stage of state construction interest in the problem is dictated by the need to study the process of Ukraine’s consolidation as a state entity in the context of integration into the European community.The question of the place and basic functions of the presidential institution in the political systems of modern democratic societies is being investigated. It was established that achieving an effective checks and balances system for the institution of the president, the legislative branch and executive branch of power is one of the relevant factors for the successful development of the political and economic state system, the achievement of public harmony and the formation of a positive international image of the state.It is established that the constitutional basis determines the political legitimacy of the President’s actions, and also affects the degree of readiness of political and power subjects to agree to them or to support or deny them. However, the probability that an issued document will have the expected impact is determined, in most cases, by its constitutionality. The President provides the succession of the state, represents it in international relations, carries out management of foreign policy activities, negotiates and concludes international treaties of Ukraine. The president as a state institution appears to be active and influential in the system of power relations and state organization. The institute of presidency is intended to become a consolidating center and an arbiter between the branches of power.Based on the results of a comparative analysis of the presidency functional, a pragmatic approach to the formation of new principles of the national presidency mechanism in the context of the further development of the political system of society was proposed. The essence of this approach is in the need to ensure the dominance of constructive cooperation with other institutions of political power, primarily parliament and government. The expediency of introducing civilized methods of compromise search and a democratic solution to the political problems of social development in the system and practice the powers of the governing bodies is grounded, since the further development of the state will to a great extent be determined by the effectiveness and quality of the functioning of the presidential institution.

КОМУНІКАЦІЙНІ ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ У БЕЗБАР’ЄРНОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ ПУБЛІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ

In any society there is a system of social relations. This is done through the formation and constant use of certain methods of communicative influence. For example, when entering into legal relations, people are guided by legal consciousness and the rules of law that prevail in this society, and entering into moral relations, individuals are guided by moral norms: ideas of good and evil, honor, conscience, decency and duty. Management of the interaction of social groups, human communities in the process of their activities, is achieved through social regulation, where the tool is public relations. In general, the system of public relations can be represented as a process of social communication. He is a necessary link in the implementation of social interaction and the primary subject of influence in the management of public relations. The relationship between man and property, man and the political system, man and the labor market, man and the social sphere, man and the education system, man and culture, and political and economic competition are all ensured by the regulatory functions of public relations. Through them the need of parts of a social organism in each other is realized. The issue of barrier-freeness in the system of power relations is becoming especially relevant, as the perception of an inclusive world, its needs and opportunities for involvement in social processes is currently a painful social problem. It is important to note that in the conditions of modern social and economic instability, resistance to external influences becomes the most important guarantee for the political system to preserve its legitimacy. Thus, it can be concluded that the social behavior of political actors, designed to achieve mutual understanding between people - the only legal way to resolve social, national and cultural conflicts in the modern world.

Multipurpose Chill-mat using Enhanced Cable-less Power Transfer Technology

Background/Objective: Heat dissipation due to long runs and ageing has been a major challenge for any power associated system. To combat this issue, implementation of chill mat is necessary in every electric sink to flush out the thermal heat, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system. This paper emphasizes the sophisticated solution by implementing the Chill- Mat using Enhanced Cable-less power transfer technology. Method Analysis: The chill-mat is energized using Resonant Power Transmission (RPT) by magnetic coupling and this is achieved effectively by accomplishing the perfect impedance matching design for source, repeator and device resonator to attain Maximum Power Transmission (MPT). An intermediate repeater circuitry is implemented between the source and device resonator is to enhance the flux linkage between the spirals. Results/Findings: The efficiency of the enhanced cable-less power transmission system is enhansed to 87% and the distance of power transmission is increased. This is achieved with lesser number of components in circuit design and it is superior from the existing work which shows only 70% efficiency even for a lesser distance of propagation between the spirals. Conclusion/Applications: The use of chill mat is the best solution to purge away the thermal dissipation and thus the working efficiency of the power related system is improved using Enhanced Cable-less Power Transfer technology.

Culture, but more than culture: an exploratory study of the HIV vulnerability of Indian immigrants in Canada

Explanations of immigrant health that ascribe to culture a fundamental causal role neglect the broader structural and contextual factors with which culture intersects. Based on a qualitative study of Indian immigrants’ vulnerability to HIV in Canada, this paper presents a contextualised understanding of these individuals’ understanding of, perceptions about, and responses to the HIV risk in their post-immigration lives. The study reveals that although culture – both traditional values and the norms of the diaspora community – appears to have constrained Indian immigrants’ capacities to respond to the risk, this effect can be properly understood only by situating such constraint in the context of the settlement process that has shaped participants’ living conditions, including their relationship with the diasporic community in Canada. We argue that HIV vulnerability should be conceptualised as a health inequality associated with broader systems of power relations (eg socio-economic marginalisation, gender inequality, discrimination, and racism). This more holistic conceptualisation of the intersection of culture, integration, and HIV vulnerability will facilitate exploration of HIV prevention strategies, through which interconnected inequalities of gender, race, and access to knowledge and resources can be challenged.

Performativity, propriety and productivity: The unintended consequences of investing in the Early Years

This paper examines notions of childhood development in a significant Australian policy document. Using Fairclough’s approaches to discourse analysis as guides, Foucault’s understanding of regimes of truth and discourses as systems of power relations and Nikolas Rose’s concept of ‘responsibilisation’, the paper argues that discourses of healthy childhood development as represented in this document produce definitions of ‘proper’ child development and thus, place certain children and families outside this idea. Proper development is understood through Nikolas Rose’s concept of ‘responsibilisation’ where the recognition of ‘at risk’ or ‘improper’ groups, and notions of productivity, are addressed through understandings of performativity while highlighting consequences for children and families.

The Nature of Knowledge Power in Communicative Information Society

Development of communicative information society is described as a process of spreading the applied scientific knowledge converted into information all over the fields of sociality. The idea of “power shift” in the process of development of communicative information sociality is important conceptually. This idea includes disintegration of the existing power structures and rising the new ones, drastic change in the balance of social forces in the power structure, redistribution of power. Development of communicative information sociality is shown to be connected with transformation of knowledge: knowledge converted into information (applied knowledge) gets the ability to transform the socio-cultural ontology. It becomes the most important power resource, transforming the structure of power relations. The key feature of the proposed approach is the intent to study the phenomenon of knowledge transformation under social and philosophical context of society, where the knowledge converted into information gets ontological status of the phenomenon that changes the system of power relations within the framework of communicative sociality also. The positive feedback is shown to be formed during the functioning of such a society: the need for spreading the knowledge stimulates the development of communication system, which in its turn opens the new ways to distribute the knowledge. As a result this society operates as a self-developing system, where communications manifest themselves as the ontology of culture. Communication development acts as a culture-forming factor, generating processes of social and cultural transformations.