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Pluralism
Pluralism is a thesis about power in society that developed in the 1960s in response to elite theories, though we can trace its roots back to the beginning of the 20th century. At its most basic, ...
- Adler, Alfred
- Ability
- Agenda Power
- Agenda Power
- Alliances
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Agency
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Adverse Selection
- Agenda Power
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Adler, Alfred
- Agency
- Animal Groups, Power in
- Animal Groups, Power in
- Bachrach, Peter, and Baratz, Morton
- Adorno, Theodor
- Ableness
- Agenda Setters
- Agenda Setters
- Anarchy in International Relations
- Authority
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Bachrach, Peter, and Baratz, Morton
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Agenda Setters
- Anarchism, Power in
- Authoritarian Personality
- Agency-Structure Problem
- Causal Theories of Power
- Consensual Power, Theories of
- Castells, Manuel
- Althusser, Louis
- Absolutism
- Banzhaf Value
- Bicameral Legislature
- Appeasement
- Caste System (India)
- Autonomy
- Barry, Brian
- Community Power Debate
- Authority
- Authority
- Bases of Power
- Biopower
- Coercion and Power
- Constructivist View of Power in International Relations
- Community Power Debate
- Arendt, Hannah
- Adverse Selection
- Banzhaf Voting Power Measure
- Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrats
- Arms Race
- Chicken Games
- Bases of Power
- Bourdieu, Pierre
- Essentially Contested Concept
- Banzhaf Value
- Barry, Brian
- Deflected Wants
- Caste System (India)
- Collective Action Problem
- Critical Theory
- Dahl, Robert A.
- Aristotle
- Agency
- Bargaining
- Bureaucratic Power
- Balance of Power
- Deliberative Democracy
- Free Will
- Community Power Debate
- Exercise Fallacy
- Bicameral Legislature
- Bourdieu, Pierre
- Eagly, Alice
- Clegg, Stewart
- Community Power Debate
- Defensive Realism
- Domhoff, G. William
- Bachrach, Peter, and Baratz, Morton
- Agenda Power
- Blocking Coalition
- Capture Theory of Regulation
- Banks
- Gender, Role of Power in
- Gender, Role of Power in
- Consensual Power, Theories of
- False Consciousness
- Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrats
- Capital, Marxist
- Expectancy Confirmation, Power and
- Decentering (of Subject, of Structure)
- Elite Theories
- Deterrence Theory
- Dowding, Keith
- Bakunin, Mikhail
- Agenda Setters
- Bribe Index
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Bargaining in International Relations
- Heterosexism, Role of Power in
- Interdependence Theory
- Critical Theory
- Fungibility of Power Resources
- Bureaucratic Power
- Capital, Neoclassical
- Fiske, Susan
- Deliberation
- Exchange Theory
- Elite Theories
- Elite Theories
- Barry, Brian
- Argument, Power of
- Chicken Games
- Corporatism
- Bull, Hedley
- Hierarchy
- Leadership and Gender
- Dahl, Robert A.
- Mechanisms
- Business and Power
- Castells, Manuel
- Framing
- Flyvbjerg, Bent
- Feminist International Relations, View of Power
- Exercise Fallacy
- Flyvbjerg, Bent
- Bourdieu, Pierre
- Authority
- Coalition Theory
- Dominant Parties
- Carr, E. H.
- Interdependence Theory
- Psychological Empowerment
- Defensive Realism
- Pluralism
- Capital, Marxist
- Deliberative Democracy
- French, John R. P., Jr.
- Foucault, Michel
- Feminist Theories of Power
- Exploitation
- Growth Coalitions
- Bull, Hedley
- Autonomy
- Coleman, James S.
- e-Governance
- Cartwright, Dorwin
- Leadership and Gender
- Submissive
- Deliberative Democracy
- Power Elite
- Capital, Neoclassical
- Democracy
- Granovetter, Mark
- Free Will
- Marxist Accounts of Power
- False Consciousness
- Hunter, Floyd
- Carr, E. H.
- Bargaining
- Coleman Index
- Elections
- Chicken Games
- Power as Control Theory
- Dependency Theory in International Relations
- Power Laws
- Capture Theory of Regulation
- Dispositif
- Groupthink
- Giddens, Anthony
- Neoliberalism
- Female Leadership Among Mammals
- Lukes, Steven
- Cartwright, Dorwin
- Blackmail
- Computer Algorithms for Power Indices
- Federal Structure
- Civil War
- Psychological Empowerment
- Discourse
- Preference Versus Nonpreference-Based Concepts
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Distributive Justice
- Hall, Judith A.
- Governmentality
- Neorealism
- Fungibility of Power Resources
- Mobilization of Bias
- Castells, Manuel
- Bureaucratic Power
- Core of a Game
- Internet and Power
- Clausewitz, Carl von
- Submissive
- Domhoff, G. William
- Principal-Agent Relationship
- Civil War
- Domhoff, G. William
- Human Dominance Motivation
- Groupthink
- Post-Fordism
- Hegemonic Power
- Non Decision Making
- Clausewitz, Carl von
- Cabal
- Dowding, Keith
- Leadership
- Compliance (International)
- Veiled Women
- Domination
- Rationality
- Coalition Theory
- Dowding, Keith
- Interdependence Theory
- Habermas, Jürgen
- Postmodernist View of Power in International Relations
- Hegemony
- Pluralism
- Clegg, Stewart
- Capability
- Fair Division
- Media, The
- Constructivist View of Power in International Relations
- Dowding, Keith
- Realism in International Relations
- Collective Action Problem
- Freedom
- Jost, John
- Habitus
- Power as Control Theory
- Heterosexism, Role of Power in
- Post-Fordism
- Coleman, James S.
- Capital, Marxist
- Felsenthal, Dan S.
- Organization of the State
- Conventional Deterrence
- Elite Theories
- Realist Accounts of Power
- Community Power Debate
- Global Governance
- Laclau, Ernesto, and Mouffe, Chantal
- Haugaard, Mark
- Power To and Power Over
- Human Dominance Motivation
- Power Elite
- Cox, Robert W.
- Causation
- Game Forms, Power in
- Political Parties
- Cox, Robert W.
- Essentially Contested Concept
- Reputational Analysis
- Core Parties
- Globalization
- Lewin, Kurt, and Power
- Jessop, Bob
- Queer Theories of Power
- Ideology
- Regime Theory in Urban Politics
- Dahl, Robert A.
- Coercion, Analytic
- Game-Theoretical Approaches to Power
- Prime Ministerial and Presidential
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Free Will
- Resources as Measuring Power
- Corporatism
- Governmentality
- Power, Cognition, and Behavior
- Luhmann, Niklas
- Realism in International Relations
- Imperial Power
- Sabatier, Paul
- Deutsch, Karl
- Coercion and Power
- Grand Coalition
- Principal-Agent Relationship
- Defensive Realism
- Freedom
- Systematic Luck
- Coup d'État
- Gramsci, Antonio
- Power as Control Theory
- Lukes, Steven
- Realist Accounts of Power
- Influence
- Systematic Luck
- Domhoff, G. William
- Collective Action Problem
- Gunboat Diplomacy
- Prisoner's Dilemma
- Dependency Theory in International Relations
- Global Governance
- Third Face
- Dahl, Robert A.
- Habermas, Jürgen
- Power Motive
- Mann, Michael
- Relational Power
- Invisible Hand
- Systemic Power
- Dowding, Keith
- Complex Equality (Walzer)
- Harsanyi, John C.
- Referendums
- Deterrence Theory
- Hunter, Floyd
- Three Faces of Power
- Democracy
- Hobbes, Thomas
- Psychological Empowerment
- Michels, Robert
- Social Power
- Knowledge and Power
- Third Face
- Eagly, Alice
- Consent
- Holler, Manfred
- Structure-Induced Equilibrium
- Deterrent Threats
- Liberalism
- Dictatorship
- Hunter, Floyd
- Rationality
- Miliband, Ralph
- Striving for Superiority
- Language and Power
- Three Faces of Power
- Felsenthal, Dan S.
- Control
- Homogeneous Weighted Majority Games
- Unicameral Legislature
- Deutsch, Karl
- Luck
- Dominant Parties
- Jessop, Bob
- Raven, Bertram
- Mills, C. Wright
- System Justification Theory
- Legislative Power
- World Cities
- Fiske, Susan
- Cooperation
- I-Power
- U.S. Electoral College, Power in
- Diplomacy
- Miliband, Ralph
- Dowding, Keith
- Justice
- Social Dominance Theory
- Morriss, Peter
- Third Face
- Manipulation
- Flyvbjerg, Bent
- Coordination
- Jurisdictions and Structure-Induced Equilibria
- Empire
- Miliband-Poulantzas Debate
- e-Governance
- Liberalism
- Status
- Nationalism
- Three Faces of Power
- Media, The
- Foucault, Michel
- Corruption
- Machover, Moshé
- Environmental Treaties
- Mills, C. Wright
- Elections
- Lukes, Steven
- Striving for Superiority
- Parsons, Talcott
- Military in Government
- French, John R. P., Jr.
- Decentering (of Subject, of Structure)
- Martin Index
- Espionage
- Mobilization of Bias
- Executive Power
- Machiavelli, Niccolò
- System Justification Theory
- Perceptual Symbols of Power
- Mobilization of Bias
- Giddens, Anthony
- Deflected Wants
- Minimal Winning Coalition
- Executive Power
- Neoliberalism
- Fascism
- Marx, Karl
- Transactional and Transformational Leadership
- Post-Fordism
- Monopoly Power
- Gramsci, Antonio
- Deliberation
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Extended Deterrence
- Neorealism
- Federal Structure
- Michels, Robert
- Propaganda
- Networks, Power in
- Granovetter, Mark
- Determinacy
- Non Decision Making
- Feminist International Relations, View of Power
- Non Decision Making
- Global Governance
- Miliband, Ralph
- Rationality
- Networks and Communities
- Habermas, Jürgen
- Determinism
- Noncooperative Games
- First-Strike Capability
- Organization of the State
- Globalization
- Mills, C. Wright
- Realist Accounts of Power
- Nonverbal Communication and Power
- Hall, Judith A.
- Discipline
- Owen Value
- Gunboat Diplomacy
- Pluralism
- Governmentality
- Morriss, Peter
- Revolution
- Perceptual Symbols of Power
- Harsanyi, John C.
- Discourse
- Paradox of New Members
- Hegemonic Power
- Postmodernist View of Power in International Relations
- Grand Coalition
- Nationalism
- Rhetoric
- Persuasion
- Haugaard, Mark
- Dispositif
- Parties, Policy-Seeking Versus Power-Seeking
- Hegemonic War
- Poulantzas, Nicos
- Growth Coalitions
- Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Right-Wing Authoritarianism
- Pluralism
- Hobbes, Thomas
- Domain
- Penrose Voting Power Measure
- Hegemony
- Power as Control Theory
- Heresthetics
- Paternalism
- Scott, James
- Police State
- Holler, Manfred
- Domination
- Pivot Player
- Idealism in International Relations
- Power Elite
- Hierarchy
- Pluralism
- Second Face
- Political Thinking as Power
- Hunter, Floyd
- Entrepreneurs
- Power Indices
- Imperial Power
- Power To and Power Over
- Hunter, Floyd
- Political Legitimacy
- Small Worlds, Power in
- Power, Cognition, and Behavior
- Jessop, Bob
- Exclusion
- Power Laws
- Imperialism
- Psychological Empowerment
- Intelligence
- Post-Fordism
- Social Breakdown
- Power as Control Theory
- Jost, John
- Exercise Fallacy
- Power to Initiate Action and Power to Prevent Action
- Intelligence
- Queer Theories of Power
- Internet and Power
- Poulantzas, Nicos
- Social Capital
- Power Motive
- Kropotkin, Peter
- Exit and Voice as Forms of Power
- P-Power
- Lasswell, Harold
- Rationality
- Jursidictions and Structure-Induced Equilibria
- Power Elite
- Substructure and Superstructure
- Power To and Power Over
- Laclau, Ernesto, and Mouffe, Chantal
- Expectancy Confirmation, Power and
- Preference Versus Nonpreference-Based Concepts
- League of Nations
- Realism in International Relations
- Lasswell, Harold
- Power To and Power Over
- Status
- Power Transition Theory
- Lasswell, Harold
- Exploitation
- Proper Simple Game
- Military in Government
- Regime Theory in International Relations
- Leadership
- Power With
- Strength of Weak Ties
- Power With
- Lewin, Kurt, and Power
- Fair Division
- Public Goods Index
- Morgenthau, Hans J.
- Regime Theory in Urban Politics
- Legislative Power
- Sabatier, Paul
- Structural Power
- Prime Ministerial and Presidential
- Luhmann, Niklas
- False Consciousness
- Qualified Majority Voting
- Multinational Corporations
- Relative Autonomy of the State
- Liberalism
- Scott, James
- Structural Suggestion
- Propaganda
- Lukes, Steven
- Fear, Use of
- Quarreling Paradox
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Resources as Measuring Power
- Lukes, Steven
- Second Face
- Structuration
- Psychological Empowerment
- Machiavelli, Niccolò
- Female Leadership Among Mammals
- Shapley Value
- Neoliberalism
- Second Face
- Martin Index
- Social Capital
- Regime Theory in International Relations
- Machover, Moshé
- Free Market
- Shapley—Shubik Index
- Neorealism
- Social Dominance Theory
- McClelland, David
- Social Power
- Trust
- Relational Power
- Mann, Michael
- Free Will
- Shareholder Voting Power
- Offense/Defense Dominance
- Spiral Model
- Michels, Robert
- Sovereignty
- Veiled Women
- Relative Autonomy of the State
- Marx, Karl
- Freedom
- Simple Games
- Postmodernist View of Power in International Relations
- Structural Power
- Military in Government
- Structural Power
- Weber, Max
- Religious Power
- McClelland, David
- Governmentality
- Small Worlds, Power in
- Power Transition Theory
- Structural Suggestion
- Mills, C. Wright
- Structural Suggestion
- Will to Power
- Revolutionary Cell Structure
- Michels, Robert
- Habitus
- Spatial Voting Analysis
- Realism in International Relations
- Structuration
- Minimal Winning Coalition
- Will to Power
- Rhetoric
- Miliband, Ralph
- Hegemony
- Square Root Rules
- Regime Theory in International Relations
- Three Faces of Power
- Morriss, Peter
- Sea Power
- Mills, C. Wright
- Hierarchy
- Strategic Power Index
- Sea Power
- Transactional and Transformational Leadership
- Nationalism
- Second Face
- Morgenthau, Hans J.
- Ideas
- Tijs Value
- Security
- Organization of the State
- Sexism, Role of Power in
- Morriss, Peter
- Ideology
- U.S. Electoral College, Power in
- Security Dilemma
- Parties, Policy-Seeking Versus Power-Seeking
- Social Capital
- Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Influence
- Value of a Game
- Separation of Powers
- Parties, Strong and Very Strong
- Social Dominance Theory
- Parsons, Talcott
- Interests
- Variable-Sum Games
- Sovereignty
- Pivotal Politics
- Social Power
- Poulantzas, Nicos
- Invisible Hand
- Veto Players
- Spiral Model
- Pluralism
- Striving for Superiority
- Raven, Bertram
- Leadership
- Veto Power
- Sprout, Harold
- Police State
- Riker, William H.
- Legitimation
- Voting Paradoxes
- Strategic Interaction in International Relations
- Policy Entrepreneurs
- Symbolic Power and Violence
- Sabatier, Paul
- Loyalty
- Voting Power
- Terror Regimes
- Political Parties
- Systematic Luck
- Scott, James
- Luck
- Weighted Majority Game
- Terrorism
- Post-Fordism
- Systemic Power
- Spence, Janet
- Luck, Brute
- Weighted Voting
- Waltz, Kenneth
- Power Elite
- Terrorism
- Sprout, Harold
- Manipulation
- War
- Power To and Power Over
- Testosterone, Power and
- Waltz, Kenneth
- Mechanisms
- Wight, Martin
- Prime Ministerial and Presidential
- Third Face
- Weber, Max
- Mobilization of Bias
- Wolfers, Arnold
- Principal-Agent Relationship
- Threats
- Wight, Martin
- Moral Hazard
- Wright, Quincy
- Realist Accounts of Power
- Three Faces of Power
- Wolfers, Arnold
- Networks and Communities
- Referendums
- Throffers
- Wright, Quincy
- Nonverbal Communication and Power
- Relative Autonomy of the State
- Transactional and Transformational Leadership
- Opportunity
- Revolution
- Will to Power
- Perceptual Symbols of Power
- Revolutionary Cell Structure
- Persuasion
- Right-Wing Authoritarianism
- Pluralism
- Riker, William H.
- Policy Entrepreneurs
- Riots
- Political Thinking as Power
- Second Face
- Power Elite
- Social Capital
- Power Motive
- Social Power
- Propaganda
- Spatial Voting Analysis
- Public Goods
- Structural Power
- Racism, Role of Power in
- Structural Suggestion
- Rationality
- Structure-Induced Equilibrium
- Relative Autonomy of the State
- Terror Regimes
- Responsibility
- Terrorism
- Rhetoric
- Testosterone, Power and
- Scope
- Totalitarianism
- Second Face
- Unicameral Legislature
- Social Capital
- U.S. Electoral College, Power in
- Veiled Women
- Submissive
- Veto Players
- Subordination
- Vote-Maximizing Parties
- Systematic Luck
- Voting
- Systemic Power
- Voting Paradoxes
- Third Face
- Voting Power
- Threats
- Weber, Max
- Throffers
- Weighted Voting
- Trade
- Women as Political Leaders
- Trust
- Unintended Consequences
- Vehicle Fallacy
- Will to Power
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