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Moć i političko odlučivanje
Power And Political Decision-Making

Author(s): Vukašin Pavlović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: power; political power; terms of power; decision-making; interests; behaviorism; liberalism; reformism; radical interests

Summary/Abstract: The text deals with theories which define and explain political power by the process of political decisionmaking. The most important and most influential theory that belongs to the circle of concepts linking power and decisionmaking is the theory of power offered by Robert Dahl. Therefore the first part of this paper analyzes Dahl’s concept of power. The second part analyzes two attitudes critical towards Dahl’s theory. First analyzed is the two dimensional concept of power by Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz; then, the three dimensional or radical theory of power by Steven Lukes. The text ends with short conclusion remarks.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 87-104
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian