integrating force

From this viewpoint, stratification is a divisive rather than an integrating force.

The role of the buffoonery as an integrating force is not lost on fans in farce land.

Other sociologists have seen stratification as a divisive rather than an integrating force.

In contrast, the traditional organization is geared to functional performance and the integrating force is authority.

It has been a great integrating force and forms the lifeline of the country by catering to its needs for large-scale movement of people.

"Havel is the strongest integrating force we have in this country, and we must be careful not to waste this," he said.

"For that reason it is imperative that the Christian Democrats remain the main integrating force at the center of German politics."

"It's a marvelous integrating force," Mr. Greenberg said.

The reason for its absence, or at least its lack of recognition, lay in the very fabric of Aboriginal society itself, the integrating force of which was religion.

Colleges serve as a integrating force for these purposes to the rest of the sector and also express the Roman Catholic Church's commitment to a presence in Higher Education.

You mind in its present state having no focus or integrating force, Being light and continuously moving, Whatever thought occurs to you, Positive or negative, Will wield great power.

On the other hand, this participation would also work as an integrating force in the destination countries, as they would be perceived as an enriching factor by the public opinion and institutions.

Had the Conservatives lost another general election they might have lost credibility as a potential party of government, and this could well have damaged their role as the integrating force of the political right.

And, by making the emperor the head of state (genshu) rather than, as in the 1946 Constitution, a "symbol" (shocho), he would enhance the throne as an integrating force in Japanese life.

He served with the degree of "alférez" integrating forces in the province of Paraguay highlighted by Bernardo de Velazco to expel the British from Montevideo, which they occupied in 1807.

Advisor Selection Award in Designing the Highline Competition, for the collaborative entry "The High Line: An Integrating Force," New York, New York (2003)

Traders, priests groups and merchants that managed to integrate the incipient regional elites within trade networks and established routes to maintain these activities; they were, probably one of the integrating forces of the classic Mesoamerica.

But battered by a financial scandal that has included disclosures that Mr. Kohl accepted $1 million in cash from anonymous donors while he was chancellor, can the party that has governed Germany for 37 of the postwar years remain such a crucial "integrating force"?

BIG also works closely with the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the North American Breast Cancer Groups (NABCG), so that together they act as a strong integrating force in the breast cancer research arena.