Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl was one of the twentieth century's most influential political theorists, renowned for his work on pluralist democracy and the concept of "polyarchy." A Sterling Professor at Yale University, he reshaped democratic theory through empirical and normative approaches, arguing that political power in democracies is distributed among multiple interest groups rather than concentrated in a single elite.
His landmark works include Who Governs? and Democracy and Its Critics.
Dahl articulated key criteria for democratic processes and remained critical of American political structures.
He served as president of the American Political Science Association and passed away in 2014.
