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What would you identify as the similarities and differences in the elite theories of Mosca, Michels and Pareto? Discuss their main/crucial issues.
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Classical elite theory (1896–1916) replied both to Karl Marx's promise of a classless society and to the democratic promise of majority rule. Gaetano Mosca (Elementi di scienza politica, 1896; English The Ruling Class, 1939), Vilfredo Pareto (Trattato di sociologia generale, 1916; English The Mind and Society, 1935) and Robert Michels (Political Parties, 1911) share one…
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