Community Power For Chapter 7

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Elitist Theory

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run by elite power structures
late 30s
Published by sociologists and anthropologists (small owners control the process

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Pluralist Theory

Back 2

run by the interactions of various interest groups and power centers

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Hunter "Who runs the regional city"
Know as stratification theory of community power

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Atlanta
Identified leadership in areas of bus, gov, civic associations, statue associations
det legislation; want to pursue individual interests
List created by civic leader (14 member panel)
suggested that power was cumulative

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Critiques of hunter

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why should we care then?
challenged him because no way of empirical test; reputation based

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Dahl
Who governs

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explored the decision making model
test if hunter was right
Isolated decision in urban renewal, education and party nominees
Found that elites didnt really have any power
Power was noncumalative - power in one area does not lead to power in others
arose pluralist theory

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Basic Prop for pluralist paradime
dahl

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1. Pluralist analysis is based on autonomous and self sufficient state; the state is capable of allocating substances and imposing costs
own actor
2. State authority is subject to pop control through free and open elections
3. Fragmented, unstable and unpopular public official makes gov responsible to small groups or disadvantaged groups
(Lee groups) (coalitions constantly brak off and make new groups)
4. Political change is guided by modernization
Political liasons will emerge to carry back in forth needs of outsiders
New groups will get accepted
High degree of heterogeneity until members are seen as =

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Critque

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Bavatz and Bachvah failed to see the 2 faces of power
mobilization of preference (those who benefit are placed in a place of power
nondecisions

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Regime Theory
Stone-power (capacity to act)

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bridge between elites and pluralist
1.political and economy
coalitions formed
2. cities are limited on what they cannot do
3. urban regime the influential arrangemet by which public and private actors carry out decisions (rel b/w city and dt)
(power split between bus elites, gov officials, residents and neighborhood group)

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systematic power

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predisposition for public officials to be drawn to coalitions with private interest (give them what others cant: prestige, power)