ISBN: 9780300103922 0300103921

Category: Political Science / General

Page count: 355

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 <i>Who Governs? </i>more<i> </i>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. &quot;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. . . .<i>Who Governs? </i>is Dahl's liveliest and most remarkable book.&quot;--Douglas W. Rae, from the Foreword From reviews of the first edition: &quot;A book that no one interested in politics can afford to ignore.&quot;--Lewis A. Coser, <i>Commentary</i><i></i> &quot;Anyone seriously concerned with current systematic political theory or with urban politics should read <i>Who Governs?&quot;--</i>Hugh Douglas Price, <i>Political Science Quarterly</i><i></i> &quot;A sophisticated and undogmatic treatise on democratic politics.&quot;--Heinz Eulau, <i>American Political Science Review</i> &quot;Dahl has illuminated a central question in political science, the problem of how men can govern themselves in complex societies. . . . <i>Who Governs? will </i>become a classic.&quot;--from the citation of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award