Power - Kenryoku

Japanese: 権力 - けんりょく

When a person (group) makes another person (group) act in accordance with his or her will, that person (group) is said to have power. In reality, power has multiple aspects, such as various forms of "coercive force" that forces others to act against their will, "value endowment" that distributes benefits to others, "authority" that wins the internal submission of others, and "manipulation" that makes others obey without their realizing it. Modern state power began as a concentration of coercive force, especially violence, but in modern states, obtaining submission through authority and manipulating the masses are important means of power.
Related topics: Modern political science | Authoritarianism | Power politics

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Japanese:

ある人間（集団）が自己の意思に沿って他人（他集団）を行動させるとき，その人間（集団）が権力をもつという。実際は，権力は，他人をその意に反しても実力で強制させるさまざまな形の〈強制力〉，他人に利益を分配する〈価値賦与〉，他人の内面的な服従をかちとる〈権威〉，他人を意識させずに服従させる〈操縦〉などという多元的な側面からなる。近代国家権力はまず強制力とりわけ暴力の集中として始まったが，現代国家においては，権威による服従の獲得と大衆操作が重要な権力手段となる。
→関連項目近代政治学｜権威主義｜パワー・ポリティクス

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