Political power structure (7)
I believe the answer is:
apparat
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">political power structure</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for apparat that I've seen before include "red" , "bureaucrats" , "Soviet system" , "Political machine" , "communist group" .)