Pluralism in Political Analysis

270 Pages·2017·14.364 MB·English

by  Connolly William E.

P l u r a l i s m
P o l i t i c a l
in
A n a l y s i s

P l u r a l i s m
P o l i t i c a l
in
A n a l y s i s
William E. Connolly,
editor
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First published 1969 by Transaction Publishers
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2010003340
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pluralism in political analysis / William E. Connolly, editor.
p. cm.
Originally published: The bias of pluralism. New York : Atherton,
1969.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-202-36363-9
1. Cultural pluralism. 2. Political science--United States--History.
I.Connolly, William E. II. Connolly, William E. Bias of pluralism.
JA84.U5C65 2010
320.5--dc22
2010003340
ISBN 13: 978-0-202-36363-9 (pbk)
Contents
Preface
Vll
I The Critique of Pluralist Theory
1 The Challenge to Pluralist Theory 3
WILLIAM E. CONNOLL Y
2 The Cosmology of Arthur F. Bentley 35
MYRON Q. HALE
3 Two Faces of Power 51
PETER BACHRACH and MORTON S. BARATZ
11 Toward a New Diagnosis
4 Power To Do What? 67
ANDREW HACKER
5 The Public Philosophy: Interest-Group Liberalism 81
THEODORE LOWI
6 Is There a Military-Industrial Complex which
Prevents Peace?: Consensus and Countervailing
Power in Pluralistic Systems 123
MARC PILISUK and THOMAS HAYDEN
Ill Standards and Strategies of Change
7 The Public Interest 159
BRIAN BARRY
8 Human Nature and Participatory Democracy 178
Participatory Democracy: Ten Years Later 201
ARNOLD S. KAUFMAN
9 The Politics of Social Change: The Relevance
of Democratic Approaches 213
DAVID KETTLER
Selected Bibliography 251
Index 257
Preface
The preoccupation of many political scientists with
political taxonomy obscures the fact that "democratic plural
ism" remains the dominant theory of politics for modern in
dustrial societies with competing party systems. Taxonomies
such as structural-functional analysis, systems analysis, com
munications "theory," and decision-making analysis-provide
schema from which political theories can be generated. But
whichever taxonomy is employed by contemporary researchers,
the theory that most often emerges is the theory of pluralism.
The purpose of this volume is to subject pluralist theory to
critical examination. The authors do not claim that the theory
is totally untenable; we do contend that conventional formula
tions of the pluralist interpretation are defective in several re
spects. As empirical theory, the conventional interpretation
rests upon precarious and, often, unacknowledged assumptions.
As normative theory, it projects impoverished ideals. As ideol
ogy, it fosters complacency among students of politics when
creative reappraisal is needed.
The essays by David Kettler and myself are published here
for the first time. Myron Hale's essay is a revised and enlarged
version of an earlier publication. Arnold Kaufman has added
an epilogue to his earlier published essay. The essays by Peter
Bachrach and Morton Baratz, Andrew Hacker, Theodore Lowi,
Marc Pilisuk and Thomas Hayden, and Brian Barry are re
printed here without revision. Acknowledgments are given at
the beginning of each essay.
I would like to thank the contributors for suggestions about
the format and content of this volume. Special thanks are due
to Myron Hale, Arnold Kaufman, and David Kettler, who read
and criticized an early draft of the introductory essay, and to
Zillah Eisenstein, who helped prepare the index.
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