DAY 4 AND 5. PLURALISTS MODELS ON POWER AND THE STRUCTURALIST CRITIQUE

THE PLURALIST VISION OF POWER

       DAY 4 and 5

Reference texts:
Nelson W. Polsby. How to Study Community Power:
the Pluralist Alternative.
Journal of Politics, 1960, vol. 22, pp. 474-484.

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This is part of the module dedicated to models of power from the 20th century. Today we see the Pluralist model introduced by Polsby in his 1960 article, How to Study Community Power: The Pluralist Alternative. Polsby makes a plea in favor of pluralism while he attacks structuralist models.

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DAY 6º and 7º. MILLER MODEL ON POWER, TAILORED TO ANALYZE THE STRUCTURE OF POWER IN THE COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY

STRUCTURE OF POWER IN THE COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY

Industry and community power UCM Power Theory, by Patricia García Mora

     DAY 6º and 7º

Reference text:

Delber E. Miller. 1958. Industry and Community Power Structure:
A Comparative Study of an American and an English City. 1958. Vol. 23, pp. 9-15

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This is part of the module dedicated to models of power from the 20th century. This podcast is part of the module dedicated to models of power analysis in the 20th century. This is the model applied by Delbert Miller in his 1958 article, Power Structure of Industry and the Community, which analyzes the differences and similarities in the exercise of power in two cities, one in the United States, and another, British one. This is part of the series of applied theories that allow us to study power.

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