Politics broadly construed spans every institution, not just government.

Evidence

Gramsci certainly would not entertain that kind of reductionism for a moment. He knows he is analyzing structurally complex, not simple and transparent, formations. He knows that politics has its own “relatively autonomous” forms, tempos, and trajectories, which need to be studied in their own right, with their own distinctive concepts, and with attention to their real and retroactive effects. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 139 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Public politics is broader than contentious politics, which always involves a government. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 133; All people are legislators in a broad political sense — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 988; Political power’s differentiation transformed all of society, not just politics. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 767 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Politics has relatively autonomous forms requiring study in their own right #complicates (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 139