Who Governs? - Democracy And Power In An American City

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Dahl is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Yale University and past president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of numerous books, including Polyarchy and Democracy and Its Critics , available in paperback from Yale University Press. Klappentext "In this now-classic work, one of the most celebrated political scientists of the twentieth century offers a powerful interpretation of the location of political power in American urban communities. For this new edition, Robert A. Dahl has written a new Preface in which he reflects on" Who Governs? more than four decades after its publication. And in a new Foreword, Douglas W. Rae offers an assessment of Dahl's achievement in this, Dahl's greatest and most influential book. Zusammenfassung "A major breakthrough in American political science, and a work destined, deservedly, to influence profoundly all future investigation of our politics masterful, imaginative, and courageous. I recommend it unreservedly to the attention of all students of American politics."-Willmoore Kendall

Product details

• Authors: Robert A Dahl, Robert A. Dahl, Robert Alan Dahl, Robert Alan/ Rae Dahl, Dahl Robert A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2005
• EAN: 9780300103922
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10392-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Yale Studies in Political Science
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, United States of America, USA, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government