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Robert A. Dahl

1915 - 2014

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Robert Alan Dahl (; December 17, 1915 – February 5, 2014) was an American political theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He established the pluralist theory of democracy—in which political outcomes are enacted through competitive, if unequal, interest groups—and introduced "polyarchy" as a descriptor of actual democratic governance. An originator of "empirical theory" and known for advancing behavioralist characterizations of political power, Dahl's research focused on the nature of decision making in actual institutions, such as American cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert A. Dahl has received more than 447,178 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Robert A. Dahl is the 15th most popular political scientist (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 979th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Political Scientist.

Robert A. Dahl is most famous for his work in political science, specifically on the study of democracy. He is most famous for his book, "A Preface to Democratic Theory," which was published in 1956.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Robert A. Dahl ranks 15 out of 46. Before him are Ralf Dahrendorf, Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, Gene Sharp, Maurice Duverger, and David Easton. After him are Joseph Nye, John Mearsheimer, Muhammad Asad, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Ilan Pappé, and Arend Lijphart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Robert A. Dahl ranks 42. Before him are Rudolf Kirchschläger, Chung Ju-yung, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Bob Kane, Franz Josef Strauss, and Mario Del Monaco. After him are Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, Denis Thatcher, Mario Monicelli, Modibo Keïta, and Takahito, Prince Mikasa. Among people deceased in 2014, Robert A. Dahl ranks 58. Before him are Dale T. Mortensen, Hans Hollein, David Easton, Ernesto Laclau, Stephanie Kwolek, and Jean-Claude Duvalier. After him are James Garner, Tito Vilanova, Chespirito, Oscar de la Renta, Věra Chytilová, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Dahl ranks 1,402 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Cherry (1936), Josiah Warren (1798), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), Solomon Northup (1808), and Jack Dempsey (1895). After him are Sarah Knauss (1880), Peter Weller (1947), Martha Nussbaum (1947), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Alan Bean (1932), and Dan Simmons (1948).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, Robert A. Dahl ranks 5. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927), Francis Fukuyama (1952), Harold Lasswell (1902), and Gene Sharp (1928). After him are Joseph Nye (1937), John Mearsheimer (1947), Norman Finkelstein (1953), Robert D. Putnam (1941), William Graham Sumner (1840), Robert Keohane (1941), and Graham Allison (1940).

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