“THE QUEEN” MOVIE ANALYSIS 12
abolished that brought her to her decision to conform to the new world. She had the power to
make a new protocol and customs.
Power Processes and relationships
The definition of power is the ability to bring desired outcomes in a preferred way.
French and Raven identified five (5) major type types of power: 1) expert power, 2) reward
power, 3) coercive power, 4) legitimate power, 5) referent power (Luck, 2006; pp.154). Frames
within the negotiation are the tools to resolve the conflict, use the legitimate power, and to set the
direction. There are a few types of frames that parties use in their disputes such as: 1)
Substantive ( what the conflict is about), 2) Outcome ( a predisposition of achieving specific
result), 3) Aspiration ( a predisposition toward satisfying a broader set of interests or needs in the
negotiation), 4) Process ( how is going be done), 5) Identity ( how the parties define themselves),
6) Characterization (how parties define others parties), 7) Loss-gain ( how the parties define risk
or gain) specified in (Luck, 2006; pp-116-117). More than one frame can be used. However,
mismatches in frames may escalate the conflict.
Traditionally, the parties in conflict mostly use one of this three (3) frames: 1) Interests
(need, desire, or want), 2) Rights (standard rule and formal or informal arbitrators makes the
decision), 3) Power (legitimate authority, positional economic pressure, and so on) in order to
resolve their issues (Luck, 2014; pp.118). These types of negotiation frames help to reinforce
legitimate power or authority. The negotiations between the Prime Minister and the Queen
behaved within parameters of interests, rights, and power frames.
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair used his legitimate power and his Constitutional right
and duty toward satisfying a broader set of interests and needs. In other words, Blair made a
lemonade from lemons. The Queen compromised her power for the greater good, she humbled