cultural concerns
Powerlessness is the perceived inability of a person, an institution, a society, or its constituent social, ethnic, or racial groups to effect change and influence salient outcomes. Orientations of this inability may evidence as internalized (as in sense of worth or shame), externalized (maintenance of a subordinate, aggressive role or status), or varying dimensions of both. [Source: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Powerlessness]
sociological issues
powerlessness
concepts