Hegemony, which essentially means the domination or rule of one actor over others, is mainly a concept in international relations, used both by academics and professionals. Its origin is in Greek historical thought but the concept, and indeed the...

Political anthropology inclined more towards the study of past colonialisms the more it became difficult or unpleasant to do field research in states where political insecurity, civil war, *violence and terror had become commonplace. Studies of such...

The exercise of covert power in a non-formal manner, eg without the threat of physical force, so that the ideas of the dominant group are assumed to be correct and become...

Hegemony (pronounced [hə.ˈdʒe.mə.ni (Amer.), hɪ.ˈɡe.mə.ni (Brit.)])[1] (Greek: ἡγεμονία hēgemonía) is a concept that has been used to describe the existence of dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group --...