Community Power and Political Theory
Author | : Nelson W. Polsby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Administration municipale - États-Unis - Cas, Études de |
ISBN | : 9780300025286 |
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Author | : Nelson W. Polsby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Administration municipale - États-Unis - Cas, Études de |
ISBN | : 9780300025286 |
Author | : Nelson Woolf Polsby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Municipal government |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David M. Ricci |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Floyd Hunter |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2017-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1469616947 |
In this study of busy, complex Regional City -- and it is a real city -- the author has analyzed the power structure from top to bottom. He has searched out the men of power and, under fictitious names, has described them as they initiate policies in their offices, their homes, their clubs. They form a small, stable group at the top of the social structure. Their decision-making activities are not known to the public, but they are responsible for whatever is done, or not done, in their community. Beneath this top policy group is a clearly marked social stratification, through which decisions sift down to the substructures chosen to put them into effect. The dynamic relations within the power structure are made clear in charts, but the real interest lies in the author's report of what people themselves say. The African American community is also studied, with its own power structure and its own complicated relations with the large community. The method of study is fully described in an Appendix. The book should be of particular value to sociologists, political scientists, city-planning executives, Community Council members, social workers, teachers, and research workers in related fields. As a vigorous and readable presentation of facts, it should appeal to the reader who would like to know how his/her own community is run. Community Power Structure is not an expose. It is a description and discussion of a social phenomenon as it occured. It is based on sound field research, including personal observation and interviews by the author.
Author | : Willis D. Hawley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Community power |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Delbert Charles Miller |
Publisher | : Bloomington : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Comparison of leadership patterns and decision making in urban area public administration within different types of political and social structures - covers the role of private enterprise and socialist political theory, interest groups, cultural factors, the role of top management, the role of the Church, the role of the armed forces, political leadership, family structure, etc., and includes information on relevant theoretics and the research method. References.
Author | : Keally D. McBride |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2015-08-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0271032405 |
How do we go about imagining different and better worlds for ourselves? Collective Dreams looks at ideals of community, frequently embraced as the basis for reform across the political spectrum, as the predominant form of political imagination in America today. Examining how these ideals circulate without having much real impact on social change provides an opportunity to explore the difficulties of practicing critical theory in a capitalist society. Different chapters investigate how ideals of community intersect with conceptions of self and identity, family, the public sphere and civil society, and the state, situating community at the core of the most contested political and social arenas of our time. Ideals of community also influence how we evaluate, choose, and build the spaces in which we live, as the author’s investigations of Celebration, Florida, and of West Philadelphia show.Following in the tradition of Walter Benjamin, Keally McBride reveals how consumer culture affects our collective experience of community as well as our ability to imagine alternative political and social orders. Taking ideals of community as a case study, Collective Dreams also explores the structure and function of political imagination to answer the following questions: What do these oppositional ideals reveal about our current political and social experiences? How is the way we imagine alternative communities nonetheless influenced by capitalism, liberalism, and individualism? How can these ideals of community be used more effectively to create social change?