Talk:Power vacuum

Juba

Why is that idiot Juba in an article about Power vacuum? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.238.73.95 (talk) 04:13, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Famous power vacuums in history

It appears that the article doesn't give example of notable historical power vacuums, such as those that caused a split in the Mongol and Macedonian empires. Does anyone have sources regarding these so that I or something else can add them? —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 12:43, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

History of the phrase?

First, I find the concept of “power vacuum” to be misleading - assassinate the King and someone will take over.

Second, the first time I heard this phrase used as if it was legitimate was during the Iraq war. That we had to take over the country because of a power vacuum (as if repeating it over and over gave it legitimacy).

Lastly, rather than provide examples of what MIGHT be “power vacuums”, it would be better if we explain DOES IT EVEN EXIST? It seems rather convenient and self-serving. Lloydsargent (talk) 20:33, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Other Contexts

Let's add other contexts in which power vaccums apply: I'm thinking of business, but perhaps also some social group and other organizational settings. I agree that it makes sense to discuss the origins of the phrase, as well as the theory behind it and its potential validity (or lack thereof), rather than just examples. Omarisafari (talk) 04:46, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Agree with this comment. Nine years later, and I have an article that uses "power vacuum" in a local sense (within a large community) not a country/national sense. It would be nice if this article had a section dedicated to smaller, more local uses of the phrase (yet still political in nature). Unfortunately, I cannot link to this article from my article because of the omission. Noleander (talk) 16:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

Based on the abstact, I believe this article on JSTOR might contain some critical dicussion of the Power vacuum concept. I've not read it though, so i'm not putting it in the "External links" section yet. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4152908 217.100.32.162 (talk) 09:30, 25 October 2019 (UTC)