Group Involvements in City Politics and Pluralist Theory

Power and Interest Groups in City Politics

Iranian Politics in OPEC Based on Game Theory

In the current political-economic conditions and the numerous violations by OPEC members of the group's resolutions due to political and economic rivalries, especially the situation in the Middle East, the increase in political tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, along with the demand for OPEC oil and the position of OPEC in the global market Oil, internal competition among OPEC members has...

Accretion, reform, and crisis: a theory of public health politics in New York City.

Standard interpretations of the history of public health in New York City in the twentieth century describe either the decline or the growth of the importance accorded to public health activities. To the contrary, public health has, paradoxically, both declined in salience and attracted increasing resources. This article describes the politics of public health in New York City since the 1920s. ...

Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City

Size and Local Democracy: Scale Effects in City Politics

As James Madison would not hesitate to tell us, the scale of a polity or jurisdiction is one of the most basic factors organizing political life. By scale, I refer to the number of inhabitants (or, alternately, constituents or voters) in a political unit, although geographic size may also shape political behavior. Large jurisdictional scale implies that candidates for office must campaign in la...