political power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandpower
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The army'spoliticalpowerdistorted rights protection and market fairness.
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In any event, they pack realpoliticalpower.
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They, too, must have had considerablepoliticalpower.
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Consolidation ofpoliticalpoweris another advantage of decentralisation.
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Decisivepoliticalpowerremains in the hands of citizens.
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Budgetary rules define restrictions on the use ofpoliticalpower.
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I call a second, related, assumption thepoliticalpowerassumption.
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Or, more precisely, he declared his takeover ofpoliticalpower.
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Cities are inevitably the seats ofpoliticalpowerand government.
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Yet,politicalpowerremained as elusive as ever.
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In this sense, a true federation has both a distribution ofpoliticalpowerspecified in the constitution and a direct relationship between political power and the individual citizen.
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Social conventions, lack ofpoliticalpower, and the dominant ideology of ' separate spheres ' limited their opportunities.
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These corporate units provided wealth but also apoliticalpowerbase.
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She invokes again her basic explanandum ofpoliticalpowerand centre-periphery struggles over resources.
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Strong executive leadership emerges first from the centralization ofpoliticalpowerwithin a unitary state structure.
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These communities were beginning to organise but had very littlepoliticalpower.
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Taken together, the electoral rules have significant consequences for the chances of obtainingpoliticalpower.
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Political parties are unique instruments for the non-violent transfer of democraticpoliticalpower.
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Unsurprisingly, the issue centred on who would have ultimatepoliticalpower.
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They just lack thepoliticalpowerto accomplish it for now.
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Another especially interesting dimension of female ceremonial performance is its linkage with malepoliticalpower.
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The innovation here is that these elites took direct control overpoliticalpower.
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His main concern is thus to make sure his proxies clinchpoliticalpower.
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Traditionally it has been the basis ofpoliticalpowerand social status.
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