Robert A. Dahl

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American academic author political scientist professor

Robert A. Dahl was a highly influential American political scientist best known for his work on pluralist democracy and theories of political power.

Aliases (1)

Robert Alan Dahl ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → academic → author → political scientist → professor →
awardReceived	Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science → Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1915-12-17 →
dateOfDeath	2014-02-05 →
educatedAt	University of Washington → Yale University →
employer	Yale University →
familyName	Dahl →
fieldOfWork	democratic theory → political science → theory of political power →
fullName	Robert Alan Dahl →
genre	comparative politics → political theory →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	democratic theory in the late 20th century → studies of pluralism in American politics →
influencedBy	Joseph Schumpeter → classical liberal theory of democracy →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
militaryService	United States Army →
movement	pluralism →
notableWork	A Preface to Democratic Theory → Democracy and Its Critics → How Democratic Is the American Constitution? → Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition → Size and Democracy → Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City →
notedFor	empirical study of power in New Haven, Connecticut →
placeOfBirth	Inwood, Iowa, United States →
placeOfDeath	Hamden, Connecticut, United States →
positionHeld	Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University →
spouse	Betty Dahl →
studied	American politics → democracy → political power →
theoreticalContribution	analysis of political power in local government → concept of polyarchy → theory of pluralist democracy →
workInstitution	Yale University →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science → Merriam Award →	notableRecipient
Robert A. Dahl ("Robert Alan Dahl") →	fullName