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An Analysis of Robert A. Dahl’s Who Governs?

Astrid Noren Nilsson, Jason Xidias

Who really holds power in an American city, a small elite or many groups competing for influence?

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Astrid Noren Nilsson, Jason Xidias

Why read it

  • You will learn to tell whether a community is run by a closed elite or by many competing groups
  • You will have a working definition of power: the ability to influence others
  • You will see how American power shifted from a small ruling group to many groups competing for influence

Who it is for

  • Citizens asking who really runs their city
  • Political science students new to power theory
  • Local organizers deciding where influence sits

Contents

  1. WAYS IN TO THE TEXT
  2. Who Was Robert A. Dahl?
  3. What Does Who Governs? Say?
  4. Why Does Who Governs? Matter?
  5. SECTION 1: INFLUENCES
  6. Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context
  7. Module 2: Academic Context
  8. Module 3: The Problem
  9. Module 4: The Author’s Contribution
  10. SECTION 2: IDEAS
  11. Module 5: Main Ideas
  12. Module 6: Secondary Ideas
  13. Module 7: Achievement
  14. Module 8: Place in the Author’s Work
  15. SECTION 3: IMPACT
  16. Module 9: The First Responses
  17. Module 10: The Evolving Debate
  18. Module 11: Impact and Influence Today
  19. Module 12: Where Next?
  20. People Mentioned in the Text
  21. Works Cited

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