Political Process Theories

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This paper defines, analyzes, and discusses several theories that are applicable to the political process. It reviews literature that describes the Group Theory, Elite Theory, Public Choice Theory, and Game Theory.

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"In the summer of 2001, a study was published (in The Western Journal of Black Studies) analyzing the Atlanta airport affirmative action controversy, which took place between the years 1973 - 1980. The author of the article, Manley Elliott Banks II, used the "dominant-subordinate group theory" to explain the structuring influences of race on the political behavior of the black and white leaders in Atlanta. "Whites are the dominant group and blacks are the subordinate group," Banks wrote. And white leaders, in the model, seek to "maintain their dominance, while black leaders try to alter the subordination." "

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