Those who are more effective at securing their objectives may be considered to be more powerful, Power is conceived in relatively limited terms as the capacity for one individual, or group, to compel another individual or group to take action that they otherwise
Would not have done (Dahl 1957). This has led some pluralists to argue that a study of policy-making processes, and more specifically the outcomes of these processes, can allow researchers to make judgements about where power lies (Polsby 1963)