Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl, Sterling Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at Yale University, is one of the world’s best-known political scientists. Among his many prominent books are A Preface to Democratic Theory (1956), Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition (1971), and Democracy and Its Critics (1989).

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited
"Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited is must reading for anyone who considers him- or herself a political economist, and it should also appeal to those probing the uncertainties of contemporary democratization."—Philippe C. Schmitter, Stanford University.