POLS 4180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New Haven, Connecticut, Robert A. Dahl
19 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016: interest groups and democratic theory (cont. ) Robert dahl"s original work began in the 50s. Trying to show that no one individual governs everything. Then made the argument that since this is how it works in new. Haven this is how it works in america. Pluralism is the study of political process (how does a decision or policy get made?). Process is the flow of agents and events within some policy area over time. but that political process varies depending on the area of the decision (ex. Gun issues work differently than affordable care or education) Affordable healthcare-if i"m a pluralist i go back and look at the process that produces this act. Or polity is composed of groups trying to influence policy making. No single group dominates on all issue, so no group can dominate the entire agenda--according to pluralism (a. 3. c. 1) partially because no group has the resources to.
