1st Edition

The Rise and Fall of Elites Application of Theoretical Sociology

By Vilfredo Pareto Copyright 1991
132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

125 Pages
by Routledge

Combining a thorough introduction to the work of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Italian social theorist Vilfredo Pareto with a highly readable English translation of Pareto's last monograph "Generalizations," originally published in 1920, this work illustrates how and why democratic forms of government undergo decay and are eventually reinvigorated. More than any other social scientist of... Read more
INTRODUCTION 1 Some Sociological Laws 2 The Ascending Period of the Religious Crisis 3 The Decline of the Old Elite 4 The Rise of the New Elite 5 The Subjective Phenomenon

Biography

Hunt, Everett Lee