Politics: Who gets what? When and how?

Author: Harold D. Lasswell (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book was written in 1936, both as an early representative work by Lasswell himself and as a representative work of the behaviorist school during that period. In this work, the author proposes that political science is the study of power and powerful figures. A powerful figure is someone who acquires the most attainable values (such as respect, security, and income) among those who can obtain them. Those who acquire the most values are the elite, while the rest are the masses. The elite primarily use methods such as symbols, violence, material resources, and practical measures to manipulate the environment and achieve their specific goals.