Robert A. Dahl

Robert A. Dahl
1915 - 2014
Robert A. Dahl  American Educator
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First Name Robert
Middle Name A.
Last Name Dahl
Birthday 17th December, 1915
Birthplace Inwood, Iowa
Died 5th February, 2014
Place of Death Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Nationality American
Occupation Text Political scientist, professor
Occupation Educator

Robert Alan Dahl (; December 17, 1915 – February 5, 2014) was a political theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He established the pluralist theory of democracy—in which political outcomes are enacted through competitive, if unequal, interest groups—and introduced "polyarchy" as a descriptor of actual democratic governance. An originator of "empirical theory" and known for advancing behavioralist characterizations of political power, Dahl's research focused on the nature of decision making in actual institutions, such as American cities. He is the most important scholar associated with the pluralist approach to describing and understanding both city and national power structures. In addition to his work on the descriptive theory of democracy, he was long occupied with the formulation of the constituent elements of democracy considered as a theoretical but realizable ideal. By virtue of the cogency, clarity, and veracity of his portrayal of some of the key characteristics of realizable-ideal democracy, as well as his descriptive analysis of the dynamics of modern pluralist-democracy, he is considered one of the greatest theorists of democracy in history.

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