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- noun Plural form of
counterpower .
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Examples
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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
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Such guarantees will always be premised on counterpowers able to enforce them.
openDemocracy Eberhard Kienle 2010
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Such guarantees will always be premised on counterpowers able to enforce them.
openDemocracy 2010
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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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