... of power becomes vague to the point of meaningless". Also, for a universal concept of power, it must allow for comparative analyses in the form of "A has more power than C in context x" or "A has more power than anybody else in context x" for example. This quote in the question doesn't refer to the intention of A in relation to the outcomes of the situation. Neither does it introduce the idea of others possessing power. While the quote makes no reference to the power of others, it does introduce two important elements of any definition of political power; a relationship and the removal of coincidence. In political situations, coincidence is hard to remove because to do this you must ensure that B wouldn't have acted in the same way regardless of A. With people, accurate 'control samples' are hard to create. A definition of power does ...

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