Rendszerhatalmi

Rendszerhatalmi is a Hungarian adjective used in political science, sociology and related fields to describe things relating to the power structure and power relations within a political or organizational system. It derives from rendsz­er (system) and hatalom (power), with the suffix -i forming an adjective, and is often paired with the noun rendszerrendszerhatalom (the system’s power) in noun form.

The term is used to analyze how authority is distributed and exercised inside a regime or organization. It encompasses patterns of control, dependency, and legitimacy that are embedded in institutions such as the state, political parties, security services, the economy, and the media. Rendszerhatalmi analyses can focus on how decisions are made, who benefits from the system, and which mechanisms sustain the status quo or reproduce inequalities within the system.

Common collocations include rendszerhatalmi viszonyok (systemic power relations), rendszerhatalmi logika (logic of systemic power), and rendszerhatalmi függőségi kapcsolatok (systemic power dependency relationships). The concept is often employed in critical, comparative, or historical studies to describe the ways in which a political order maintains authority and control beyond the level of individual actors.

The term is relatively specialized and may not be widely used outside academic or policy discourse. Its precise meaning can vary with context, depending on the regime type, historical period, and the particular system being analyzed. See also hatalom, hatalmi viszonyok, politikai rendszer, állam.