Max Weber defined force as

A. the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.
B. the exercise of power through a process of persuasion.
C. the ability to exercise one's will over others.
D. power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.


A. the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.

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