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Robert A. Dahl

1915 - 2014

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Robert Alan Dahl (; December 17, 1915 – February 5, 2014) was an American 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert A. Dahl is the 3rd most popular political scientist (up from 15th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Political Scientist.

Robert A. Dahl is most famous for his work in political science, specifically on the study of democracy. He is most famous for his book, "A Preface to Democratic Theory," which was published in 1956.

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Among political scientists, Robert A. Dahl ranks 3 out of 46. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, and Étienne de La Boétie. After him are Christian Lous Lange, Francis Fukuyama, Hans Morgenthau, Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, Georg Jellinek, Johan Galtung, Harold Lasswell, and Ralf Dahrendorf.

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Among people born in 1915, Robert A. Dahl ranks 26. Before him are Billie Holiday, Hu Yaobang, Sviatoslav Richter, John Vorster, Saul Bellow, and Aung San. After him are Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Jerome Bruner, Stanley Matthews, Fred Hoyle, and Robert Hofstadter. Among people deceased in 2014, Robert A. Dahl ranks 21. Before him are Maximilian Schell, Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, Lauren Bacall, Paco de Lucía, and Jacques Le Goff. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Virna Lisi, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Alain Resnais, Christopher Hogwood, and Maya Angelou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Dahl ranks 633 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Walker (1973), Ed Gein (1906), Linda B. Buck (1947), Sydney Pollack (1934), Larry Ellison (1944), and William Clark (1770). After him are Peter Fonda (1940), Glen Campbell (1936), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Kurt Russell (1951), and Margaret Hamilton (1902).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, Robert A. Dahl ranks 2. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927). After him are Francis Fukuyama (1952), Harold Lasswell (1902), Joseph Nye (1937), John Mearsheimer (1947), Gene Sharp (1928), Graham Allison (1940), James Flynn (1934), Charles Murray (1943), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and William Graham Sumner (1840).

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