Relational Power

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Definition

By Andrej Zwitter and Jilles Hazenberg:

"Power is here conceived as relational (Dahl, 1957). Conceived as a relation, power exists in coordination and the ability of an actor to command that coordination. A single actor cannot be powerful in and of itself, it is in the ability to command others that she has power."

(https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/blockchain/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.00012/full)