Who Governs?

Democracy And Power In An American City

Ranked #53 in Public Administration

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 Who Governs? more 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.
 
“Dahl is never dogmatic, and never imagines that the world stands still to accommodate either...
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