The Process of Government A Study of Social Pressures

Bentley wrote this book over the years 18961908 while working as a Chicago newspaper reporter and editor. He was hailed on methodological grounds as an early supporter of the "behavioral revolution," which called for the use of natural scientific methods in the social sciences and for offering a group theory of politics. Bentley's implicit critique of narrow empiricism reflects the diverse influences of Dilthey, Simmel, and Dewey.