• Source: Thomas R. Dye

Thomas R. Dye (born December 16, 1935) is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Florida State University and was formerly a McKenzie Professor of Government. Dye has described politics as being about who gets scarce governmental resources, where, when, why and how.




Academic background and preparation


Dye graduated from Pennsylvania State University where he received his B.S. and M.A. degrees; Dye received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dye has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia, among other institutions. He was a visiting scholar at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.
Dye has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, the Policy Studies Organization, and has served as the secretary of the American Political Science Association. Presently, Dye served as past president of the Lincoln Center for Public Service.




Areas of interest


Dye's main research interests center on the conflict between the two political organizational theories of Elite theory vs. Pluralism in American politics. His two best known works The Irony of Democracy (now in its 17th edition) and Who's Running America? (now in its 8th edition, The Obama Reign) discuss this on-going conflict in great detail.
Dye has also researched and published on the role of major campaign contributors, foundations and think tanks, interest groups, and the media in policy formation in Washington, D.C.




Major publications


Politics in States and Communities (now in 15th edition)
Politics in America (Political Science text book now in 8th edition)
Understanding Public Policy (now in 14th edition)
Who's Running America? (now in 8th edition)
Top Down Policymaking
Power and Society
The Irony of Democracy (now in 17th edition)
Politics in Florida
American Politics in the Media Age
American Federalism
Policy Analysis: What Governments Do, Why They Do it and What Difference it Makes




Honors and awards


Harold Lasswell Award for career contributions to the study of public policy
Donald C. Stone Award for career contributions to the study of federalism
Outstanding Political Science Alumni Award from the Penn State Department of Political Science [1]




See also


Elite theory
Oligarchy
List of political authors
List of political scientists




References






External links


Homepage of Professor Thomas R. Dye
Penn State University brief bio of Dye.

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