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Ajume H Wingo, In the Shade of Power: The Sacred Art of Leveling up the Powerless, The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 294–306, https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onae015
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Abstract
This paper examines a general political problem of how to balance the need for concentrated power in the hands of the state—which is needed for effective governance—against the egalitarian desire to equalize power. It distinguishes between ‘positive’ political power appropriately wielded by the state, and ‘negative’ power that individuals may use to protect their own activities and interests from excessive or illegitimate state action and argue for institutions and practices designed to equalize power by ‘leveling up’ the powerless to match the strong.
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