Pluralism at Yale

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Pluralism at Yale is written by Richard M. Merelman and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0299184145 (ISBN 10) and 9780299184148 (ISBN 13).

Pluralism at Yale: The Culture of Political Science in America explores the relationship between personal experience and academic theories of American politics. Through a detailed examination of the Yale University Department of Political Science between 1955 and 1970, including interviews with many of the political scientists involved, this book traces the way "pluralism," a predominately optimistic theory of American democracy which the Yale department helped to develop in those years, helped to support the American political regime. Merelman also analyzes the impact of social and political events on the decline of Yale pluralism and describes pluralism's continued political relevance today. Included are discussions of McCarthyism, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War.