Empirijski pristupi istraživanja moći u lokalnim zajednicama (Metod odlučivanja)
Empirical Approaches to the Investigation of Power in Local Communities (The decision-making method)

Summary/Abstract: The interest in the study of power in local communities is due to the crucial significance of power for political science. The basic questions to be Investigated can be classified according to Spinrad as issues of: (1) methodology; (2) motivation; (3) mode of decision-making; (4) position of social groups and individuals; (5) the link between the ratio power and the character of social milieu. Despite differences in approach and findings, all enquiries may be described as searching for an answer to the crucial question: who wields influence on the major political and social processes in a community? Three methods have become synonymous with research of power in local communities: the positional, the reputational and the decision-making methods. The author attempts an exhaustive interpretation of the postulates, scope and consequences of the decision-making method.

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