Al cleverly combines Bill's motive with his own, and, in Transaction no. 3, influences Bill to go after the matches after all, but in the exchange has to spend time with his sister. Moreover, Bill, a free agent, influences Al in Transaction no. It can be an action, a response, etc. Policy'' usually means a group's action or plan or response, but we can use it loosely here in Order to retain the word later on in talking about both individuals and groups. If this is influence, what then is powers Power is a special kind of influence.
Power is compulsory influence.
Al and Bill do not speak of it, but behind the seeming near-equality is the knowledge that somehow or other Al will get those matches and Bill will go along. Power becomes part of each of the transactions as a hidden forced In other words, power stands for influence that can be enforced, if necessary. That is power.3 2. One could go on about this. So he is axed, anyway.