Neopluralism: The Evolution of Political Process Theory,9780700613106

Neopluralism: The Evolution of Political Process Theory

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ISBN13: 9780700613106
ISBN10: 0700613102
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Kansas
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Summary

The author shows that a pluralist approach provides a promising foundation for understanding the American political process. McFarland reexamines the major concepts and findings of the most influential advocates of pluralism from the 1950s and 1960s.

Author Biography

Andrew S. McFarland is professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Cooperative Pluralism: The National Coal Policy Experiment and coeditor, with Anne N. Costain, of Social Movements and American Political Institutions.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
1. Pluralism Reconsidered
1(14)
2. Basic Ideas of Pluralism
15(17)
3. The Multiple-Elite Theory
32(8)
4. Neopluralism
40(22)
5. Social Movements
62(16)
6. Policymaking and Political Time
78(26)
7. The Political Process and Planning
104(20)
8. Issues and Power
124(23)
9. The Boundaries of Pluralism
147(11)
10. Conclusion 158(21)
References 179(14)
Index 193

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