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Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy

John Higley; Michael Burton · Rowman & Littlefield · 2006

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Author
John Higley; Michael Burton
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2026-09-01
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ISBN 0742553612.

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EstablishedDahl argued that the ruling-elite hypothesis is often cast in a form that makes it virtually impossible to disprove, by positing ever more hidden leaders; Bachrach and Baratz replied that pluralists, while right to criticise elitists, saw only one of power's two faces.