From Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley by John Gaventa
Gaventa sets forth a typology of power dimensions. Each of the three dimensions is associated with a discrete way in which power may be manifested, the powerless experience power, and how they react in terms of challenging the power of their superiors.
-It is the third dimension of power that invokes ideologies or beliefs about inequalities.

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The third dimension of power indeed invokes ideologies or beliefs about inequalities. Gaventa defines this dimension as "the ability to shape and manipulate the political agenda and the terms of political discourse so as to reinforce or maintain structures of inequality." This includes controlling the language and framing of political discourse to reinforce the dominant group's power and limit opposition to it.