Modern political analysis / Robert A. Dahl

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1991Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 135954061
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 330 .D34 1991
Contents:
Preface -- One. What is Politics? -- Two. Describing Influence -- Three. Interpreting Influence -- Four. Explaining and Appraising Influence -- Five. Political Systems: Similarities -- Six. Political Systems: Differences -- Seven. Differences: Polyarchies and Nonpolyarchies -- Eight. Polyarchies and Nonpolyarchies Explanation -- Nine. Political Men and Women -- Ten. Political Evaluation -- Eleven. Choosing Policies: Strategies of Inquiry and Decision -- Index.
Summary: This classic introduction provides an analysis and description of democracy, political behavior, political evaluation, policy making and comparative political systems. Power and influence, pivotal features of the book, are depicted through concrete illustrations of people holding varying degrees of power. Thus, the reader is invited to enter imaginatively into the experiences of those people. Throughout, this inclusive volume offers all the basic concepts, ideas and tools necessary for the analysis of politics and puts ten types of political systems into perspective. Valuable charts and tables approximately 170 countries visually enhance the narrative.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation General Education GC JC 330 .D34 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004583

Includes index.

Preface -- One. What is Politics? -- Two. Describing Influence -- Three. Interpreting Influence -- Four. Explaining and Appraising Influence -- Five. Political Systems: Similarities -- Six. Political Systems: Differences -- Seven. Differences: Polyarchies and Nonpolyarchies -- Eight. Polyarchies and Nonpolyarchies Explanation -- Nine. Political Men and Women -- Ten. Political Evaluation -- Eleven. Choosing Policies: Strategies of Inquiry and Decision -- Index.

This classic introduction provides an analysis and description of democracy, political behavior, political evaluation, policy making and comparative political systems. Power and influence, pivotal features of the book, are depicted through concrete illustrations of people holding varying degrees of power. Thus, the reader is invited to enter imaginatively into the experiences of those people. Throughout, this inclusive volume offers all the basic concepts, ideas and tools necessary for the analysis of politics and puts ten types of political systems into perspective. Valuable charts and tables approximately 170 countries visually enhance the narrative.

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