Insko and his colleagues have examined the impact of coercive power on conflict using a cross-generational procedure. These studies suggest that
a. social evolutionary processes cannot be simulated.
b. the use of coercive power disrupts systems of production.
c. economic power is as contentious as coercive power.
d. the “idle rich” hypothesis is not true.
b. the use of coercive power disrupts systems of production.
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