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... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > power and urban studies > systemic power
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systemic power  

Definition

  • Systemic power is a form of power that indirectly and impersonally privileges one group at the expense of another. One group sees its power to attain desirable outcomes increase at the expense of another group's power because of the way policy makers are influenced by the socioeconomic system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Systemic Power]

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