“As a suggested working definition, we may define power as control or influence over the actions of others to promote one's goals without their consent, against their "will," or without their knowledge or understanding.”

— Walter F. Buckley

Source: Sociology and modern systems theory (1967), P. 186.

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American sociologist 1922–2006

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