| Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in the American City Contributor(s): Dahl, Robert A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300103921 ISBN-13: 9780300103922 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: 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. " ""Dahl 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 Dahl's liveliest and most remarkable book."--Douglas W. Rae, from the Foreword " "From reviews of the first edition: " ""A book that no one interested in politics can afford to ignore."--Lewis A. Coser, "Commentary" " ""Anyone seriously concerned with current systematic political theory or with urban politics should read "Who Governs?"--"Hugh "Douglas Price, "Political Science Quarterly" " ""A sophisticated and undogmatic treatise on democratic politics."--Heinz Eulau, "American Political Science Review" " ""Dahl 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."--from the citation of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 320.9 |
| Series: Yale Studies in Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.90 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 |