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Who among the following has coined the terms ‘The stick’, ‘The deal’, ‘The kiss’, for influenc- ing the…

The economist and peace researcher Kenneth E. Boulding, in Three Faces of Power (1989), named three kinds of power: threat power ('the stick'), exchange power ('the deal')…

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Who among the following has coined the terms ‘The stick’, ‘The deal’, ‘The kiss’, for influenc- ing the decisions ?

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The economist and peace researcher Kenneth E. Boulding, in Three Faces of Power (1989), named three kinds of power: threat power ('the stick'), exchange power ('the deal') and integrative power based on respect, love and legitimacy ('the kiss'). He argued that integrative power is the most basic of the three. Robert Dahl is the tempting name, because he defined power as A getting B to do what B would not otherwise do, but he did not use these images.

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