“The most fundamental form of integrative power is the power of love.”
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) British-American economist
Source: 1980s, Three Faces of Power, 1989, p. 110
“Integrative power [is] the ultimate power”
Source: 1980s, Three Faces of Power, 1989, p. 109
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