Abstract
rT >HIS ESSAY attempts to summarize some suggestions about the study of politics which have been made by group theorists of various schools and to present a theory of political action believed to be implicit in the group theories. It emphasizes the development of a set of assumptions that will be useful to guide empirical research. The paper begins with a discussion of the various conceptions of groups as units of study and of the resulting critiques of methodology. It progresses to a statement of a theory of political action drawn from the work of group theorists and a survey of the kinds of political data which are therefore relevant. A group of working hypotheses which should be capable of empirical investigation concludes the essay. The central thought is that all empirical study needs to be guided by appropriate theoretical assumptions and that such assumptions must be modified as the results of research become available.
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