Political Elites

by Geraint Parry and John Penrhyn Parry

Book Overview

Elites have been described both as the bulwarks of democracy and its very antithesis. 'Political Elites', first published in 1969, reviews the literature on the role of elites in politics. It deals with both the 'classic' elite theorists - Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Burnham and C. Wright Mills - and with many of the empirical and theoretical works on elites by modern political scientists and sociologists. It seeks to clarify the central terms of elite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0954796608
• ISBN13: 9780954796600
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: ECPR Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"