Thinker
Robert Dahl
Robert Dahl is central to 11 previous-year questions, spanning 2010 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
11Questions
2010–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Robert Dahl
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
civil society 6pluralism 6political participation 5elite theory 4interest articulation 4pressure groups 4power elite 2agenda settingauthority and legitimacycoalition politicscoercion and forcecorporate powerdecentralisationdecision-making methoddemocracy as a way of lifedemocratic pluralisminstitutional powerlobbying
Where Robert Dahl appears in the syllabus
Every question on Robert Dahl
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