A single subaltern group can exercise hegemony over others via a party

Evidence

Among the subaltern groups, one will exercise or tend to exercise a certain hegemony through the mediation of a party; this must be established by studying the development of all the other parties too, in so far as they include elements of the hegemonic group or of the other subaltern groups which undergo such hegemony. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 418

Categorization

• DEFINE: Hegemony is not confined to dominant classes; one subaltern group can hegemonize others via a party.
• XREF: Directly relevant to Muslim-majority internal hierarchies and minority/immigrant group leadership claims. — connects to: A monk-only party formed weeks before a vote could win parliamentary seats. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 172; A person’s social position shapes how they build coalitions. — Silke Roth, Intersectionality and coalitions in…, 86; A narrow dedicated group can outweigh an apathetic electorate (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 418