power dynamic

plural power dynamics

1. An imbalanced nature of interaction between individuals or groups with different levels of social power.

   In health care for indigenous people, the power dynamic directly affects communication.

   2008 November 4, David Peiris, Alex Brown, Alan Cass, “Addressing inequities in access to quality health care for indigenous people”, in Canadian Medical Association Journal, →DOI

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   Observers also criticized historic districts for commodifying history, promoting consumerism, and hiding changes in the power dynamic that benefited the upper and middle classes while exploiting workers and people of color.

   2006, Judy Mattivi Morley, “Introduction”, in Historic Preservation & the Imagined West: Albuquerque, Denver, & Seattle, page 12

   He was convicted of harassment last month, when he was told by District Judge Christopher Williams that he had a "chilling ignorance" of the power dynamic he held over staff at the Howard Junior School in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

   2024 August 8, Robby West, Laura Devlin, “'Obsessive' head teacher jailed for harassment”, in BBC News, Norfolk