权力是一定社会中的公共机关或居于管理和统治地位的人以公共利益的名义合法地行使的强制性控制和支配力量,是人类社会存在和发展的基本维系力量。权力包括非国家形态的公共权力和国家权力两种形态。通常所谓的权力,是指国家权力,即以阶级压迫为基础的政治统治和社会管理力量。 Power is a mandatory control and dominating force that is exercised by the public authorities or persons in the management and dominance of a certain society and legally exercised in the name of the public interest. It is the basic sustaining force for the existence and development of human society. Power includes both non-state forms of public power and state power. The so-called power, refers to the state power, that is, based on class oppression, political rule and social management forces.