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the guarantee of civil liberties—freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association—allowing for open political competition. The second is inclusiveness (or participation): the right of all adult citizens to vote and run for office.

Dahl’s most famous, and most criticized, definition of power is deceptively simple. In his 1957 essay "The Concept of Power," he wrote: "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do." This —observable, behavioral, conflictual—became the gold standard for behavioral political science. To prove power, Dahl argued, one must show: (1) a conflict of interests, (2) an action by A, and (3) a compliant change in B’s behavior. modern political analysis by robert dahl full