power structure

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They reflect the post-war power structure that held sway when the council was formed.

From BBC

Like so many things connected to ideas of progress and development, these conclaves often served to reinforce existing power structures and basic ideas of race and otherness that grew out of slavery and colonialism.

From Washington Post

“This idea of power structure and control is flipped.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Austin met in November with Gen. Wei Fenghe, China’s defense minister who is widely viewed as a figurehead within the military power structure controlled by the Communist Party.

From Washington Times

Ever since colonial times, White people have embraced individual members of oppressed groups willing to validate the beliefs and policies that prop up White power structures.

From Washington Post