Floyd Hunter
definition: Born in Kentucky to a farming family, Floyd Hunter attended the University of Chicago and became a social worker first in Indianapolis and then for the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he worked for a welfare agency in Atlanta, the city he studied in his famous Community Power Structures (1953). He stood for the Progressive Party for Congress in 1948 and was fired by his employer for hosting in the agency an anti-segregation speech by Progressive presidential candidate William Wallace. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Hunter, Floyd (1912–1992)]
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broader: power and political theory
broader: power and political science
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power and political science
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key people in the study of power
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narrower: Floyd Hunter

key debates in power
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narrower: Floyd Hunter

power and urban studies
type: Concept
narrower: Floyd Hunter

power and political theory
type: Concept
narrower: Floyd Hunter