...street," with a policeman directing traffic. And he concludes "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do." Now, A's getting B to do something could indeed result, in varying situations, from his power or his...

...in any possible way. In Dahl's words ( 1 957, p. 203), A has power over B to the extent to which 'he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do.' Though for many purposes such a broad definition has certain advantages, in this paper it will be more...

...characteristic of the other individual. Robert Dahl (1967:202-3) summarizes this conception as follows: "A has power over B to the extent that [A] can get B to do something B would not otherwise do." An extension of this definition makes it possible to differentiate power...

...p. 25. 73. Dahl's earliest version of this view was that 'A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do' (Robert A. Dahl. 'The concept of power'. Behavioural Science, vol. 2 (1957)). But this was subsequently...

...characterizes political power as being relational among people: "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do" (1963, 107). His is an operational definition which enables the researcher to recognize power when...

...are not willing to do so, the actor or the group is assumed to have exercised power. More generally, 'A has power over B, to the extent that A can get B to do something B would not otherwise do' (Dahl, 1957). Several bases of power, ie, means by which a powerholder may...

...ahead. My intuitive idea of power is something like this: A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do. (Dahl 1957: 202-3) Elaborating stones The point of story one is to construct a scenario in which what...

...Huntington, in a problematic conception of power. For Dahl: "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do." As Nelson Polsby describes this characteristic pluralist approach, we see if potential power is, in...

...Lukes has in mind Robert Dahl's intuitive idea of power: "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do" (Robert Dahl, "The Concept of Power Behavioral Science 2 [1957]: 201-15). 38. Here Lukes addresses...

...MANIFESTATIONS OF POWER The standard explanation of power is, A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do. 1 At first blush, the definition seems unproblematic, especially in the context of the dependent bureaucratic...