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TWO FACES OF POWER'
PETERB.~CHRACH S. BARATZ
AKD MORTOX
Bryn Afazor College
1.131, V I I I I I , of ~ ~ polvtr
~ rcmains elusive despite which p r e d e t ~ r m i n e their conclusions. Our
tlie rc .tynt ant! prolific, outpourings of case argument is cast within t h e frame of our central
ptll(lic,s o i l c o l ~ i r n u i ~ i tpower. y I t s elusireness is thesis: t h a t there a r e t ~ faces~ o of power, nei-
dra1n:li ic,:il!y clc~rnonstratedb y t h e regularity of t h e r of which t h e sociologists see a n d only one
tii<a:l., i,:llcmt :is t o t h e locus of community of which the political scientists see.
"1. I~~~t\.r-ec~rl t h e soc.iologists a n d t h e political
I
s i . ~ e i l t i k f ~Soi,ir~logically
. oriented researchers
11:1vi>c . o ~ ~ > i > t fount1 ~ ~ ~ t l tyh a t power is highly Against the elitist approach to power several
ci81ltr:~li~ c . 1 1 . I\-! ~ i l cscholars trained in political criticisms m a y be, a n d h a v e been l e ~ e l l e t l One
.~
sc,ic~~c,e, 11:i\-ej11.t as regularly concluded t h a t i n has t o do with its basic premise t h a t in e r e r y
'.tllc,ii.' ~,ol~lrr!~inities power is widely d i f f u ~ e d . ~h u m a n institution there is a n ordered system of
I ' I . ~ - I I I I I : ! ~f11is ~ ~ s the latter group power, a "power structure" whicli is a n integral
I ~ J~- ,x p l a i why
s t ~ . l ~ 1, 1-- ( , i f ' . l ~ l u r ~ l i s t ,its " counterpart "eli- p a r t a n d t h e mirror image of t h e organization's
tirt." stratification. T h i s postulate the pluralists
'I'il,alc, -,,cnih rlo room for d o u b t t h a t t h e en~phatically-and, t o our mind, correctly-
shs1.[11>'ii\ o1.ge31ltfindings of t h e two groups are reject, o n t h e ground t h a t
the l i ~ ~ a ~ ~ il o~ tolf~ s11ei.r ~ t , coincidence, b u t of nothing categorical can be assurlled about
f111l(l31~(,iit:ll elifY~~~~cnces in both their
under- in any ,ommunity. , , If anything, there seems
Iyin; : I - - ~ i ~ ~ l p t i and o n s research n~ethodology. to be
an unspoken rlotion among pluralist re-
l'!lc :) 1iitic.al scit:ntists have contended t h a t searchers that at bottom nobody dominates in a
tllc iatrlt 1- :il)l~r.oac:liantl presuppositions of the runs this commullity?,~~ but rather, "Does
plill.ali-t- t I l ~ 1 1 1 ~ c l r ehave
s not grasped t h e query is somewhatlike, "Have you stopped beat-
critiCi>:rl-111t!~c'clitists are sound, they, like the short of total unwillillgness to anslyer will
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Sit~r:~tions of this kind are common. Con- t o overlook t h e less apparent, b u t nonetheless
sidvr, i c ~ ~rs:~rnple,
. the case-surely not un- extremely important, face of power.
f:rr!:iii.!l to tliis audience-of the discontented
f : ~ c ~ ~ ! t1:rcnrl)er
\. in an academic institution
heatlctl by n tradition-bound executive. Ag- I n his critique of t h e "ruling-elite model,"
gric'~.(,liat)or~ta long-standing policy around Professor Dahl argues t h a t "the hypothesis of
n hicil :r rtrorig vested interest has developed, the existence of a ruling elite can bc strictly
tllc. ~:~.oic~ssor rcsolves in t h e privacy of his office tested only i f . . . [ t ] here is a fair sample of
to !s11:r,.hnn nttack upon the policy a t the next cases involving key political decisions in ~ i ~ h i c h
fac~~lt!.nleeting. Rut, when the moment of t h e preferences of the hypothetical ruling elite
tl,utl~IF nt hanil, he sits frozen in silence. Why? r u n counter to those of a n y other likely group
An?onq the nr:tny possible reasons, one or more t h a t might be suggested."l' With this assertion
of theics c~c~ultl have been of crucial importance: we have two complaints. One we have already
(a) the, professor was fearful t h a t his intended discussed, viz., in erroneously assuming t h a t
action ~vouldlie interpreted as a n expression of power is solely reflected in concrete decisions,
his tli+loyalty to t h e institution; or (b) he de- Dahl thereby excludes t h e possibility t h a t in
c i d 1 ~t1l ~ a tgivcn
, the beliefs and attitudes of his the community i n question there is a group
collent~les on the faculty, he would almost capable of preventing contests from arising on
cr.rt:lilrl~. caonstitute on this issue a minority of issues of importance t o it. Beyond t h a t , how-
orlr ; oi. i I , ) hc, concluded that, given t h e nature ever, b y ignoring the less apparent face of
of this ]:LIT-1n:lliingprocess in the institution, his power Dahl and those who accept his pluralist
propo.~~il~ , e n ~ c d i ewould s be pigeonholed per- approach are unable adequately to differentiate
n : a l l c ~ ~ ? lBy .u t whatever the case, the central between a "key" and a "routine" political
pi~illt: I , I,(: matle is the same: to the extent t h a t decision.
s I)crGoli or group-consciously or uncon- Nelson Polsby, for example, proposes t h a t
s~.ioll+l,v -cre:rtcs or reinforces barriers t o the "by pre-selecting as issues for study those
group Itas power. Or, as Professor Schatt- pluralist researchers can test stratification
is t h e 7 ~ ~ , j h ; l i i i i l iofo n bias. Some issues are organ- agreement. I n fact, Polsby is guilty here of t h e
iz,stl i ! i . o 1,c~litic.:: \vliile others are organized out.12 same fault he himself has found with elitist
methodology: b y presupposing t h a t in a n y
p o ~ c ..'r .Sl~i~ulil not the student be continuously political arena, he takes for granted the very
alert 1 0 its 1)ossil)le existence in the h u m a n question which is in doubt. H e accepts as issues
institutir~lltl!:rt he studies, and be ever pre- what are reputed to be issues. As a result, his
1)ar1~1 t o c~ra111inet h e forces which brought it findings are fore-ordained. For eyen if there is
into !li,it!g :irlrl sustain it? Can he safely ignore no "truly" significant issue in the community
uridcr :.tutly, thcre is every likelihood t h a t meaning t o thosc iasucs nhicli do eritcr the
Il111>1)!I or a n y like-minded researcher) will find political arena.
oric or sc~niearid, after careful study, reach the
a p ~ ) r o l l ~ i npluralistic
t(s conclusion^.^^ IS'
I)al!I's tlefi~iitionof "key political issues" in There is no better fulcrum for our critique of
liis ( x ~ oil s : ti111 the pluralist model t h a n Dahl's recent study of
~ ~ruling-elite model is open to t h e
P : I I I ' ~ ~vi.itic,isnl. po~verin h'ew Haven.lg
He states t h a t i t is "a necessary
i~lt,l:oucl~ A t the outset it may be observed t h a t Dahl
possibly not a sufficient condition t h a t
tlie [kc.! 1 issuc should involve actual disagree- does not a t t e m p t in this work to define his
nierit i i i pri~fc:rences among two or more concept, "key political decision." I n asking
g~.o!i~):."~: whether the "Sotables" of New IHaven are
111 our vie\\-, this is a n inadequate
18linr:icti,rization of a "key political issue," "influential overtly or covertly in the making
s i n i p l ~I)cv~ausc.groups can have disagreemcnts of governmcnt dccisions," he simply states t h a t
irl p r i . I ' - r < ~ ~on ~ c eunimportant
~ he will examine "three different 'issue-areas' in
as ~vtsll as on
irn~)ort:~ritihsucs. Elite preferences which nhich important public dccisions arc made:
borrlr.1 0 1 1 t l ~ eindiffcrcnt art7 certainly not nominations b y the two political parties, urban
sigriili~.:~nt redel-elopmcnt, and public cdticarion." These
in tlcitermining whether a monolithic
or ~ ~ o l \ . l ~ tlistribution
tl~ic choices are justified on the grounds that "norni-
of pon-tsr prcrails in a
givt.11 c,or!irntlnity. 1:sing Dahl's definition of nations detcrmine which persons will hold
..kc.?- liolitir:il issues," the researcher would public office. The K e ~ vHaven rcdevelop~ncnt
II:L\ l i t tic. rlifficwlty in finding such in practi-
(1 program measured b y its cost-piesent and
1,:111!-:II!!. c.olllnit~llity;and it would not he sur- potential-is thc largcst in the country, Public
111.i-i!1!;rl!(>rli f hcl ultimattsly conc*luclcd t h a t education, aside from its intrinsic importance.
I J O \ ~ I . I H I tlic 17ommunity was widely diffused. is the costliest itcm in tllc city's budget."
'1'111 tlistirlt~tion between important and Thcreforc, Dahl concludes. "It is reasonable to
l ~ n i n , ; ~ l ' r t :isques, expect . . . t h a t thc relativr influrritc over
~ n t we believe, cannot be made
iritc~lli:~~r~tly public officials wielded b y the . . . Kotablcs
in tlir absence of an analysis of the
~'rnol)i!~z:itioli nould he rcrcaled b y an examination of their
of bias" in the community; of the
iloliiir :lilt v : ~ l l ~ c sa nd the political myths, participation in these threc arcas of a ~ t i v i t y . " ? ~
rit~inl-.:r~!clilistitutions which tend to favor the The difficulty with this latter statement is
l.esti~Ii !it i ~ c , s tof t h a t it is evident from Dahl's o n n account that
i one or morc groups, relative
to otI!t,ri. -\l.mcd with this knowledge, one thc Koiables are in fact unintcreqtcd in two of
r,,11111I.OII(.III(II.t h a t a n y challenge to the pre- the three "key" decisions he has chosen. In
tiorni~:,titr a l i ~ c sor to thc cstablishcd "rules of regard to thc public school issue, for exarnplc,
Dahl points out t h a t m a n y of the Sotables livc
tllc. i . : r : ~ i c . " ~\.nultlconstitute a n "importantJ'
i.sl~c; : i l l r'lsc., unimportant. T o be sure, judg- in the suburbs and t h a t thosc n h o do live in
nicnt:: , i f t l ~ i skind cannot hc cntirely objective. New Haven choosc in the main to send thcir
I l u t t : , :I: oitl making them in a study of powcr children to private schools. ".is a conse-
i: I,ot11 ( 1 1 nc3~lccta highly significant aspcct of quence," he writes, " t l i ~ i rinterest in the public
I J O I V ~ . ~nrld thereby to undcrmine thc only schools is ordinarily rather slight."" Xonlina-
soi11111 li:~qis for discriminating between "key" tions b y thc two political parties as a n impor-
:in11 "r., s i ~ t i ~ i r ,decisions.
" t a n t "issue-area," is some~vliatanalogous to the
I n effcct, we contend,
t llc. [~~i~l.:llist'; public schools, in t h a t the apparent lack of
have
made cach of thesc mis-
interest among the Notables in this issue is
t:il,c,-: t l ~ : i~~ tto
say, they have donc just t h a t
~ I I I , liit.li Iini~fn~a and partially accounted for b y their suburban resi-
n Jones so sevcrcly taxed
171~1~-tl JI!~ntc,r:they have begun "their strur- dence-becausc of which t h r y arc disqualified
t i ~ r e:,t tlir mezzanine without sho~vingus a from holding public office in S e w E-Iavcn. In-
1 0 1 1 1 ) ~ i ' o u ~ i ~ l a t i o n , ' ' ~ ~they
111. deed, Dahl himself concedes t h a t ~ v i t hrespect
i . e . ,have begun by
s t l ~ tI l I~I the, ~ to both these issues the Notables are largely
issues rather than the values and
ltinsc+ t h a t arc, built into the political system indifferent: "Business leaders might ignore the
:in11 t l ~ : r t ,for the student of porvcr, give real public schools or the political parties without
a n y sharp awareness t h a t thcir indifference
\ " ~ I Ppoirlt~ out, the expectations of the ~vouldh u r t their pocketbooks . . ." He goes on,
p l ~ ~ r t r l ! - t rcsc~:xrchers "have seldom been dis- however, to say t h a t
:~ppoi~!t I>II." i l h i d . , p. 477).
t11e pr.11.1)r~c.t of profound changes [as a res111tof the understood clearly t h a t in making these points
~irt,:~r~-rc~d~~vrlo~)rnent program] in ot\-nership, we are not attempting to refute Dahl's conten-
pliyh~(.:~l l:~yoiit, and usage of property in the tion t h a t the Notables lack pon-t.r in S e w
tlowiit~\\~ i
:ire.:\ a n d the effects of these cl1:~ngeson Haven. \\-hat we are saying, ho\\-eyer, is t,liat
t,l~ec . ~ ) i ~ ~ r n i ' r c .and
i : i l indnstri:~lprosperity of New this conclusion is not adequatelj- suypo?tcd b y
E1irvt.11n.c.1.e :ill relntetl in an obviou~\~:1yt,o the his analysis of the "issue-areas" of public edu-
daily c.c~~lc,rrnu of businessme11.2~ cation a n d party nominations.
The same may not be said of redevelopment.
Thlis, i f one believes-as Professor Dahl did This issue is by a n y reasonable standard
n-hc:n 1 1 1 ' ~vrott!his critique of the ruling-elite portant for purposes of (letermining \vhether
n?oclc,l t h a t a n issue, to be considered as inl- FewHayen is ruled b y "the hidden hand of arl
port>ll!i, "sll0Llld involve actual disagreement econonlic elite."'6 For t h e Economic Sotables
irl pri,f~'ri311cc5s among tn-0 or more $ r o ~ ~ p s , "have ~ ~ takell a n actire interest in the p ? o g r a ~ ~ l
then c,li'arly !I(. has now for all practical pur- and, beyond that, t h e socio-economic il~lll~ica-
~ O S P Swritten off public education and party tions of it are not necessarily in harnlonY \vith
norrli~intioris ns key "issue-areas." B u t this the basic interests and lral,les of businesses and
point asi(le, it appears somewhat dubious a t businessmen.
best t11:~t"tllc' relative influence over public I n a n effort to assure t h a t the r~del-rlopnlent
of6,:ials n ie1dr.d by the Social Fotables" can be prograIn lvould be to IT-]lat he
rc3~.c~:i1t~~1 all examination of their ~lonpartici- dubbed "the biggest muscles" in Selv I$avcll,
pstior~in :irons in which they were not inter- AIayor Lee created the Citizens Aiction Corn-
estrd. mission (CAC) and appointed to it primarily
I.'url11c:lnore, we would not rule out tile pas- of the economic elite. I t \vas
sibilit! tllnt c\.rn on those issues to which they given the function of ol-erseeing t h e ~vorl;of the
apIlcxar iniliffcrent, the Notables may have a mayor and otller officials inrolve(l in redevelop-
signifii,:int degree of indirect influence. We ment, anti, as well, t h e rrsponsibility for organ-
~i.olil(l!-iiggest, for example, t h a t althougll they izing and encouraging citizens' participation in
scxnd their c,liildren to private schools, t h e the program through a n extensil-e con1mittee
S o t : r \ , l ~ ~(lo s rc,cognize t h a t public school ex- system.
perrtlitriri~shnvc a direct bearing upon their o m I n order t o weigll the relative influence of the
t a x 1ial)ilities. This being so, and given their mayor, other key ant1 the menlbers of
strolig t.i3prcsc>ntationon the Xew H a r e n Board the CAkC,Dahl reconstructs "all the irilportant
of l?irlnr~ci~,~* the expectation must be t h a t i t is decisions on redevelopment and r e n e I ~ a lbe-
in tlriti? direct intibrestto play a n active role in t,,,, 1950-58 . . . [to] determine lVhich indi-
fisc:il i~'licy-niaking, in the establishment of vi(luals most often initiated the proposals t h a t
tlrc ccl~tl~atiorl:il budget in particular. B u t as to Ivere finally adopted or most often successfully
t l i i ~ ,1 ):it11is silent: he inquires not a t all into rt~toed the proposals of the ot]lers."27 The
r.it11er tlic. docisions made by the Board of results of this test indicate t h a t t h e mayor and
Fin3nt.c. wit11 respect to education nor into his development administrator Tvpre h- far the
t,l~cil.itripnrt upon the public s c h o o l ~ . ~ Li~t ebet most influential, and t h a t t h e "musclesn on t h e
Commission, excepting in a f e ~ v trivial in-
22 I f ) ; ( / , 1). 71. stances, "never directly initiated, opposed,
z3 ( I / , . c i t . , 1). 467. vetoed, or altered a n y proposal brought before
2. 1 [ 7 i i i ~G o ~ ' c r ~ r s !p.
, 82. Dahl points out that them. . . ."28
"th,. r r ~ : ~ i1)olic.yn tlirust of the Economic Yotables This finding is, in our view, unreliable, not so
is to ol,I,o\r t : ~ xinrrease~;this leads them to op- much brcause Dahl was compellrd t o make a
post, i - s ~ ~ - r ~ ~ lfor i t ~anything
~ r . c ~ s more than minimal ---
t r : ~ ( l i t i l ~ c~i~t y; l services.
l I n this effort their two in past years, hut not actual decisions of the
mo-t vil'r-ctior weapons ordinarily are the mayor Board of Finance or their effects on the public
d I(onrc1 of Finance. The policies of the schoolsystem.
i ~ r ~1111.
Sota\,l(,- :ire xnomt easily achieved under a strong 26 Ibid., p. 12.2.
mayor i f his p~bliciescoincide with theirs or under 2 7 Ibid. ('A rough test of a person's overt or
rt ne:il, rn:iyor if they have the support of the covert influence," Dahl states in the first section
Ro:~rclof l:in:~r~c.e.. . . New Haven mayors have of the hook, "is the frequency with which he
c.ontir~il~,,l to fin11it expedient to create confidence successfully initiates an important policy over
in thcsir !iri:rnc.i:~lpolicies among businessmen by the opposition of others, or vetoes policies ini-
rtppointi~lgthem to the Board." (pp. 81-2) tiated by others, or initiates a policy where no
26 U:ihi does ciiscllss in general terms (pp. 79-84) opposition appears." (Ibid., P. 66)
rhangrs in the level of tax rates and assessments Ibid., p. 131.
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pr,,al. -
t e r n ~ s11; the nl~ilityto initiate and veto pro-
t ( I igr~orethe possible exercise of influ-
encc 01 11 ~ n e in r limiting t h e scope of initiation.
We have contended in this paper t h a t a fresh
approach to the study of power is called for, a n
I I o n , t i l i t 1s to say, can a judgment be made as approach based upon a recognition of the two
to tilt, ! I l a t ~ v cinfluenre of Mayor Lee and t h e faces of power. Under this approach t h e re-
(' I ( ' n lthout knowing (through prior s t u d y of searcher would begin-not, a s does t h e sociolo-
thtx pol~tirnlant1 social views of all concerned) gist who asks, "Who rules?" nor as does the
thc p ~ o i ~ o ct ~h al ts Lee did not make because h e pluralist who asks, "Does anyone have power?"
ar?tii3lp~ t c dt h a t they would provoke strenuous -but b y investigating t h e particular "mobili-
opptrs~ton antl, perhaps, sanctions on t h e part zation of bias" in t h e institution under scru-
of tlif ( ' tiny. Then, having analyzed the dominant
In .I I I , iint r, he does not recognize both faces values, the myths a n d t h e established political
of ~ O J J rI 1)alil is in no position to evaluate t h e procedures and rules of t h e game, he mould
rc~latil ~nfluc~nte or power of the initiator a n d make a careful inquiry into which persons or
dcc~iiio~~-rnaker. on the one hand, and of those groups, if any, gain from t h e existing bias and
prleon. or1 tht. other, who may have been in- which, if any, are handicapped b y it. Kext, he
dl1 ec tl\ ~ n s t r u m e n t a il n preventing potentiallv mould investigate t h e dynamics of nondecision-
dnn::c r011.; issucs from being raised.30 As a re- making; t h a t is, he would examine t h e extent t o
which and the manner in which the status quo
2 0 1):1i1l iq, of course, aware of the "law of antic- oriented persons and groups influence those
ip::tc,cl r . ~ ~ : ~ c . l i oI nn ~the. " case of the mayor's rela- community values and those political institu-
tiu~l.iililb1, it11 t!~r.C.kC, Dahl notes that Lee was tions (as, e.g., the unanimity "rule" of Kew
"p;lrlii,i!!:tr.Iysl;il!f~!l in estimating what the CAC York City's Board of Estimates1) which tend to
C O I I ~ I ! ! I , , c,sl)ectcd to support or reject." (p. 137). limit the scope of actual decision-making t o
Ho\\-I:\-~ r . 1)nhl was not interested in analyzing or "safeJ' issues. Finally, using his knowledge of
a ~ , l ~ r : ~ i ~t oi r wliat
, : : extent the C,4C limited Lee's t h e restrictive face of power as a foundation for
freixdolr~of actic~n.Because of his restricted con- analysis and as a standard for distinguishing
crl't of ~ ~ o \ w1):ihl ~ r , (lid not consider that the CAC between "key" and "routine" political deci-
might i l l this rr8spect have exercised power. T h a t sions, the researcher would, after t h e manner of
thtb ('.\(: ilitl not initiate or veto actual proposals the pluralists, analyze participation in decision-
by t l ~ crti:iyor was to Ilahl evidence enough that making of concrete issues.
tht, (:.\(-: v:?s virtually powerless; i t might as We reject in advance as unimpressive the
pln1!?il1lv !I(, evidence that the CAC was (in itself possible criticism t h a t this approach t o the
or in nil:tt i t rcpresented) so p o ~ e r f u lthat Lee study of power is likely t o prove fruitless be-
vcrit1:rc~inothir~git would find worth quarreling cause i t goes beyond a n investigation of what is
witll. objectively measurable. I n reacting against the
3 " '1'1!(. f:irt that the initiator of decisions also subjective aspects of the sociological model of
refrains I)c~c~a~:sr: he anticipates adverse reac- power, the pluralists have, we believe, made t h e
tio~~ - fs. ~ > : niniiinting other proposals does not mistake of discarding L1unmeasurable ele-
obxiolli'\ lissen the power of the agent n h o ments" as unreal. I t is ironical t h a t , b y so doing,
1irn:tc ti 1 , iqiti ttive powers. Dahl missed this they have exposed themselves t o the same
point. "1 I I \ , ' ' hc, n rites, "all the more improbable, fundamental criticism they have so forcefully
then, ti) t ,I seirrt cabal of h'otables dominates levelled against t h e elitists: their approach t o
the pul1'11 llfe of New Haven through means so and assumptions about power predetermine
claridcct I i that not one of the fifty prominent their findines and conclusions.
z'
the forrn of :! cor!~cio~~s cabal exercising the pomer ceptive study of the "mobilization of bias" in a
of tie~~i~ioi\-making and vetoing, he overlooks a rural American community, see Arthur Vidich and
more s11\1tieform of domination; one in which Joseph Bensman, Small T o w n in Mass Society
those ~ 1 . artuz~lly o dominate are not conscious of (Princeton, 1958).
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Absentee-Owned Corporations and Community Power Structure
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The Role of Economic Dominants in Community Power Structure
Robert O. Schulze
American Sociological Review, Vol. 23, No. 1. (Feb., 1958), pp. 3-9.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative
Nelson W. Polsby
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Aug., 1960), pp. 474-484.
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Review: The Mystery of Power
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Community Power Structure: A Study of Decision Makers by Floyd Hunter
Herbert Kaufman; Victor Jones
Public Administration Review, Vol. 14, No. 3. (Summer, 1954), pp. 205-212.
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