Robert Michels
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Robert Michels was a German-born Italian sociologist who contributed to elite theory by describing the political behavior of intellectual elites. He belonged to the Italian school of elitism. He is kn
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Title page of Political Parties by Robert Michels
Elite theory
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In philosophy, political science and sociology, elite theory is a theory of the state that seeks to describe and explain power relations in society. In its contemporary form in the 21st century, elite
Robert Michels
…Robert Michels (German: ; 9 January 1876 – 3 May 1936) was a German-born Italian sociologist who contributed to elite theory by describing the political behavior of intellectual elites. He belonged to the Italian school of elitism. He is known best for his book Political…
C. Wright Mills (left) and his assistant, Saul Landau (right)
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