Brown touts ‘coercive power of government’ to attack climate change. Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to the media after a signing ceremony at the COP 21, the U.N. climate change conference in Paris.

Jerry Brown: ‘Never underestimate the coercive power of the central state’ By David Siders. [email protected]. Updated December 07, 2015 3:27 PM.

Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change Tells an audience in Paris to never underestimate that power being used "in the service of good." Rob Nikolewski | 12.13.2015 10:00 AM ...

Coercive control is about power - but there’s more to it than that The ultimate threat perceived by these abusers is that the partner being controlled will meet somebody else, thus engineering ...

Coercive power is the power that comes from being able to punish people; ‘If you don’t do this thing by Friday you will be fired.’ Reward power is the flip side of that; ‘If you do this by ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that ...

The international authorities that did exist at the time proved to have neither the coercive power nor the will necessary for the task. In 1979, however, ...