Skobkyk N. Citizen control over leaders in R.Dahl theory of democracy.

The works of R.Dahl critics close to the problem of the research were analyzed in the thesis. The circumstances of scientific and sociopolitical context that had impact on R.Dahl's views concerning citizen control over leaders were considered. The author cleared up the place of the citizen control problem in general theoretical elaboration by R.Dahl. The evolution of R.Dahl's views on the main aspects of citizen control over leaders in democratic society was followed up.The basic factors of citizen control over leaders in the works by R.Dahl were considered in the dissertation. The connection between the concepts of citizen control over leaders and of social changes in R.Dahl works was demonstrated in the thesis.