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050			_aJC 330 .D34 1991
100			_aDahl, Robert Alan _eauthor
245		0	_aModern political analysis / _cRobert A. Dahl
250			_aFifth edition.
260			_aNew Jersey : _bPrentice-Hall, _cc1991
300			_axii, 157 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aPreface -- 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aPOWER (SOCIAL SCIENCES)
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