PSCI 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Capital, German Socialist Party, Robert A. Dahl
10 May 2016
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Revolutions happened in e states soviet union and china. Not developed, agricultural societies led to dictatorships. Had to modernize the country: people were not as literate. Pluralism: yes there are differences in our society but they are not cumulative. 1941 roosevelt: looking to rally the people to go to war. Blue collar man speaking about issues in his world town hall meeting. Behaviouralism and the rise of (american) political science. Behavioural revolution: split in poli sci philosophical theories or research/empirical. Power in an american city (1961); democracy & its critics (1989) Marx: class power ----- dahl: political power. Dahl goes to study there: new haven, ct: from oligarchy to pluralist democracy (mid-c. 18 - c. 20) Old town old history from the 18th c. Studied the power of the elites shift from old oligarchy to a pluralist democracy. New waves of immigrants dispersed inequality by spread of vote.
