Imperia

Definitions

A town and associated province on the coast of Liguria, Italy.

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“Imperia, Social Power, and Scale Imperia are important keys to understanding past, present⟳, and future cultural development. Imperia is the plural of imperium, the Latin word for command over others, rule⟳ by an individual, or rule⟳ by an elite few. […] Imperia include⟳ antidemocratic command structures. Imperia exist⟳ wherever control⟳ is permanently exercised by an individual or an elite minority who are fewer than half of the members of any social group. Clans and lineages can be organized as imperia. […] Where there are cultural opportunities for elites to construct large imperia, and effective limits on power are absent, power elites may become⟳ a privileged minority who are able to impose⟳ their will on the majority.”

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