1st Edition
Italian Elitism and the Reshaping of Democracy in the United States
By Giorgio Volpe
Copyright 2021
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book deals with the reception of Italian elitism in the United States, identifying its key protagonists, phases, and themes. It starts from the reconstruction of the scientific and political debates aroused in the United States by the works of Mosca, Pareto, and Michels, and moves on to define their theoretical influence in the American scientific and academic contexts. The analysis takes... Read more
Introduction
1. The Italian School of Elitism
2. Politics in Transformation
3. The Two Faces of Elitism
4. From the People to the Elites
5. We, the Elite
Conclusion
Biography
Giorgio Volpe is Lecturer at the Università della Svizzera Italiana.
