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  • noun Plural form of counterpower.

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Examples

  • In a sense, the erosion of checks and balances defined as arrangements of powers and counterpowers able to balance and limit each other is implicit in Wendy Brown's observation.

    openDemocracy Eberhard Kienle 2010

  • Such guarantees will always be premised on counterpowers able to enforce them.

    openDemocracy Eberhard Kienle 2010

  • Such guarantees will always be premised on counterpowers able to enforce them.

    openDemocracy 2010

  • In a sense, the erosion of checks and balances defined as arrangements of powers and counterpowers able to balance and limit each other is implicit in Wendy Brown's observation.

    openDemocracy 2010

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