Rise and fall of the elite

Author: Vilfredo Pareto
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Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Features: From the perspective of the history of Western thought, the elite theory established by Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca, and Harold D. Lasswell constitutes one of the important traditions of modern Western political thought. Among them, Pareto, who elaborates on the theory of elite circulation in detail, can be considered the initiator of this tradition. The concise and refined book The Rise and Decline of the Elite is recognized by the academic community as one of the most important readings on elite theory. This concise and refined book is recognized by the academic community as one of the most important readings on elite theory. However, despite elite theory proposing sincere, incisive, and even radical insights into various social fields, its fundamental ideological approach remains inevitably confined within the scope of elite supremacy.