Restricting power to visible conflict captures only power’s tip.

Evidence

In the debates on the conceptualization of power, scholars within the so-called behavioural approach want to restrict the concept of power to cases involving clearly visible conflicts, such as when demands by Actor A are resisted by Actor B, who is forced to yield to the demands made. Other students of power, however, have seen such a limitation as unfortunate. While the use of power in manifest conflict naturally is of major significance, such cases may only reflect the visible part of what could be called the iceberg of power. In less easily discernible ways - so to speak, below the surface - power may play other and crucial roles in distributive processes. — Walter Korpi, The Iceberg of Power below the Surface, 4

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes manifest-conflict definitions from the broader power-resources definition.
• SEED: Angle: adversarial attribution as the visible tip of an iceberg of control deficit.
• XREF: connects to: Manifest conflict reveals only part of how power shapes outcomes