Hegemony, apart from being different from dominance, is complicated by the non-singular establishment of power involving the state and other elite interests . It manifests itself as a vector set of forces that could perhaps achieve singular goals that serve the ruling polity, but is itself in dynamic competition and engagement with other forms and manifestations of power, including what James Scott has famously defined as ‘weapons of the weak.’ To illustrate,….patriarchy… faith…division of labour…
