Power structure

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Power structure may refer to:

• Dominance hierarchy, a power structure in which members of a social group interact, often aggressively, to create a ranking system
• Dominator culture, a culture organised in a dominance hierarchy; the opposite of an egalitarian culture of partnership
• The Establishment, a visible, dominant group or elite that holds power or authority
• Hierarchical organization, an organizational structure wherein every entity, except one, is subordinate to a single other entity

See also

• Authoritarianism, a form of government in which citizens devote absolute or blind obedience to authority
• Biopower, nation states' regulation of their subjects through a multitude of techniques for subjugating bodies and controlling populations
• Dominance and submission, sex play in which a person confers onto another authority over their own body
• Plutocracy, an institution ruled and dominated by a small minority of the wealthiest members
• Power (social and political), the ability to influence the behavior of others

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