Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City (Yale

Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City (Yale Studies in Political Science)

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 Dahlâ€™s achievement in this, Dahlâ€™s greatest and most influential book.
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â€œDahl is never dogmatic, and never imagines that the world stands still to accommodate either the democratic ideal or his own pluralistic theory of city politics. . . .Who Governs? is Dahlâ€™s liveliest and most remarkable book.â€â€•Douglas W. Rae, from the Foreword
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From reviews of the first edition:
â€œA book that no one interested in politics can afford to ignore.â€â€•Lewis A. Coser, Commentary
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â€œAnyone seriously concerned with current systematic political theory or with urban politics should read Who Governs?â€â€•Hugh Douglas Price, Political Science Quarterly
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â€œA sophisticated and undogmatic treatise on democratic politics.â€â€•Heinz Eulau, American Political Science Review
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â€œDahl has illuminated a central question in political science, the problem of how men can govern themselves in complex societies. . . . Who Governs? will become a classic.â€â€•from the citation of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award
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Country	USA
Brand	Yale University Press
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780300103922
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780300103922
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City (Yale Studies in Political Science)

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