Johnsen and Ford (2001) posit that according to the nature of power relationships, more powerful actors attempt to control the resources of the less powerful actors and limit their ability to take advantage of new opportunities, such as the development of new international markets and customer relationships.
Power over describes the direct and indirect ability of powerful actors, structures, and discourses to influence the actions and even the thoughts of others.
Powerful actors and institutions are apologizing to the relatively powerless.
Corporations and investors are powerful actors in society.
Rich, powerful actors have minders to protect them.
But he hints, too, at more powerful actors who block change.
"For less powerful actors to reject work is just a waste of time and money – pointless".
It all changes radically when the nation's most powerful actors are caught breaking the law.
Even among supposedly unitary nation-states, political discord among equally powerful actors will create foreign policy paralysis.
Powerful actors are able to shape the composition of the network, either through providing the financial resources or through creating "legislative space" for the network to grow.
The two most powerful actors in the country – religious extremists and the military – are strictly off limits.
