In “The Concept of Power” (1957), his first major contribution to the field of political science, Dahl developed an operational definition of power that was frequently cited as an important (though incomplete) insight into the phenomenon. According to Dahl, “A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do.” Dahl gave as an example a professor threatening a student with a failing grade if he did not read a certain book during the holidays. In this case, ... (200 of 687 words)