182 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
175 Pages
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Routledge
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One of the potentially explosive issues of the modern era is a vast and growing disparity between the overwhelming predominance of elites in the decision-making process and the democratic ideal that people should participate in making decisions that vitally affect them. In this book an impressive array of political theorists offer conflicting views on the form of democratic elitism practiced in... Read more
Introduction -PETER BACHRACH The Elite Concept -HAROLD D. LASSWELL, DANIEL LERNER,and C. EASTON ROTHWELL 2 Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory -BERNARD BERELSON, PAUL LAZARSFELD, and WILLIAM MCPHEE 3 The American System in Crisis -DAVID B. TRUMAN 4 A Critique of the Elitist Theory of Democracy -JACK L. WALKER 5 Further Reflections on The Elitist Theory of Democracy -ROBERT DAHL 6 The Case for Decentralization -PAUL GOODMAN 7 Repressive Tolerance -HERBERT MARCUSE Index
Biography
Peter Bachrach
